Jim
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> From john@johncon.johncon.com Tue Sep 12 09:37:46 1995
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 06:29:39 -0700
> Message-Id: <199509121329.GAA05912@johncon.johncon.com>
> From: John Conover <john@johncon.johncon.com>
> To: Jim Nance <jlnance@isscad.com>
> Subject: Re: Linux ext2fs not very resilient
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> Jim Nance writes:
> >
> > 1) Motherboard stats
> > 2) Make/Model of SCSI controller
> > 3) Some idea of how difficult it is to reproduce this problem. It would be
> > really great if you could write a program/script which would cause your
> > system to lock up when run.
> >
>
> BOM is attached, including installation proc's. Finally, after much trial
> and tribulation, problem was repeatable doing a cp from the cdrom to
> the hard disk of any file over 10 meg, or so. The SCSI cable was replaced
> with Adaptec pn 563000, ACK-INT5 cable which they guarentee to work at
> 10 MBPS, which is manufactured by Adaptec. If you look at the switch
> settings, I am running Linux at only 5 MBPS-although on Solaris and
> SysV Rel. 4.2 I use 10, with incredable reliability.
>
> John
>
> --
>
> John Conover, 631 Lamont Ct., Campbell, CA., 95008, USA.
> VOX 408.370.2688, FAX 408.379.9602
> john@johncon.com
>
> PRELIMINARIES
>
> I) emergency boot:
> A) boot to the slackware boot disk (scsinet1), with the slackware CD
> installed in the drive:
> 1) if the disk is to be mounted, at the boot
> prompt: mount root=/dev/sda1
> 2) to mount the disk, mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt
> 3) to unmount the disk, umount /dev/sda1
> 4) to run fsck, umount /dev/sda1;e2fsck -av /dev/sda1
> a) -av will check and repair the disk with no prompts
> b) -nv will check the disk in read-only status, and
> no updates will be made
> c) -f will force the disk to be checked, if the
> disk is "clean"
> d) -b 8193 will replace the superblocks with copies
> e) -v is for verbose output
> f) immediately after e2fsck, issue shutdown -r now
> 5) to mount the CD, mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/scd0 /mnt
> 6) to unmount the CD, umount /cdrom
> 7) to shutdown the system:
> a) shutdown -h now will halt the system
> b) shutdown -r now will reboot the system
>
> II) interrupt, port, dma channel, and shared memory base address inventory:
> 1) interrupt 2=9, port 280 SMC/WD ethernet controller, (320 if
> Intel ether express,) shared memory base address = D0000
> 2) interrupt 3, port 2f8 MSDOS COM2, assigned to SIIG serial port
> 3) interrupt 5, port 3e8 MSDOW COM3 (replaces LPT2 interrupt 5, port
> 278,) assigned to SIIG serial port
> 4) interrupt 10, not assigned
> 5) interrupt 11, port 330 = adaptec SCSI controller, dma channel 5
> 6) interrupt 12, not assigned
>
> HARDWARE
>
> I) bill of materials (JDR Microdevices partial invoice,
> #143238, 06/28/95, work order 2309):
> 1) 1 MB-ZAPPA-B INTEL "ZAPPA" M/B 256KB
> CACHE, NO CPU
> 2) 1 0585DX-90 (NO FLAW) INTEL PENT. CPU
> 90MHZ 3.3V
> 3) 1 ST-3123ON SEAGATE 1.0 GB FAST SCSI
> 2 HDD
> 4) 2 2MX36-70 TOSHIBA SIMM 2MX366 70NS
> 72P (8MB)
> 5) 1 AA-1542CFIK ADAPTEC ISA SCSI
> CONTROLLER KIT
> 6) 1 CDR-4XI NEC INTERNAL 4XSCSI CDROM
> DRIVE
> 7) 1 P54C-FAN CPU FAN FOR 586-90 (P54C)
> 8) 1 CASE-175 UPRIGHT CASE
> 9) 1 PS-300B 300W MINI POWER SUPPLY
> 10) 1 MAX-5339 MAXI SWITCH 101 KEY
> ENHANCED KEYBOARD
> 11) 1 FD-505 TEAC 1 1/4 AND 3 1/2
> COMBO DRIVE
> 12) 1 MOUSEMAN2-S LOGITECH SERIAL MOUSE
> 13) 2 256X16-70SOJ FUJITSU DRAM(514260BJ70)
> 2CAS 256KX16 40SOJ 70NS
> ----------
> SUB TOTAL
> II) bill of materials (Fry's Electronics, partial invoice #6
> 000622001367188, 07/08/96):
> 12) 1 DIAM SPEEDSTAR 64 ISA SVGA GRAPHICS ACCEL
> 64BIT SVGA CARD; 1280X10 1MB RAM
> 13) 1 INTEL ETHEREXPRESS 16 BIT LAN CARD
> ---------
> SUB TOTAL
> III) bill of materials (Computer Literacy, partial invoice
> #5GS3222, 07/07/95):
> 14) 1 SLACKWARE PROFESSIONAL LINUX 2.3 W/CD MORSE
> TELECOM SLACKWAR22
> SUB TOTAL
>
> IV) bill of materials (CompUSA, partial invoice #73562,
> 08/10/95):
> 15) 1 864835 BELK CBL SCSI INT 2
> Belkin Compoents: Dual Internal SCSI Drive
> Cable, 23", PN# F3G582-23inch
> ---------
> SUB TOTAL
>
> ---------
> TOTAL
>
> HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
>
> I) Intel "Advanced ZP" Expandable Desktop Baseboard
> A) 90 MHZ, 3.3 volt Pentium 586
> B) wire block J1K1 set as follows:
> 1) position 1 & 2 shorted
> C) configuration switch block set as follows:
> 1) on
> 2) off
> 3) off
> 4) off
> 5) off
> 6) off
> 7) on
> 8) off
> D) boot configuration (F1 at boot) set as follows:
> 1) main:
> a) floppy options:
> i) floppy A is 1.44/1.25 MB 3.5 in floppy
> ii) floppy B 1.2 MB 5-1/4 in floppy
> b) hard disk C: not installed
> i) hard disk type: auto configure
> ii) installation time out: 10 seconds
> iii) IDE translation mode: auto detected
> iv) multiple sector setting: auto detected
> v) fast programmed I/O modes: auto detected
> c) hard disk D: not installed
> i) hard disk type: auto configure
> ii) installation time out: 10 seconds
> iii) IDE translation mode: auto detected
> iv) multiple sector setting: auto detected
> v) fast programmed I/O modes: auto detected
> d) hard disk E: not installed
> i) hard disk type: auto configure
> ii) installation time out: 10 seconds
> iii) IDE translation mode: auto detected
> iv) multiple sector setting: auto detected
> v) fast programmed I/O modes: auto detected
> e) hard disk F: not installed
> i) hard disk type: auto configure
> ii) installation time out: 10 seconds
> iii) IDE translation mode: auto detected
> iv) multiple sector setting: auto detected
> v) fast programmed I/O modes: auto detected
> f) language: english
> g) boot options:
> i) boot sequence: A: first, then C:
> ii) system cache: enabled
> iii) boot speed: turbo
> iv) num lock: off
> v) setup prompt: enabled
> vi) hard disk pre-delay: 3 seconds
> vii) typematic data programming: default
> 2) advanced:
> a) peripheral configuration:
> b) configuration: manual
> c) PCI/IDE interface: disabled
> d) floppy interface: enabled
> e) serial port 1 address: com1, 3F8H
> f) serial port 2 address: disabled
> g) serial port 2 IR mode: disabled
> h) parallel port address: LPT1, 378H
> i) parallel port mode: compatible
> 3) advanced chipset configuration:
> a) base memory size: 640 KB
> b) ISA LFB size: disabled
> c) video palette snoop: disabled
> d) latency timer (PCI clocks): 66
> e) PCI burst: enabled
> 4) power management:
> a) advanced power management: enabled
> b) IDE drive power down: enabled
> c) visa video power down: sleep
> d) inactivity timer (minutes): 10
> e) hot key (ctrl-alt-): (not used)
> 5) plug and play configuration:
> a) configuration mode: use setup utility
> b) ISA Shared memory size: disabled
> c) IRQ3 used by isa card
> d) IRQ5 used by isa card
> e) IRQ9 used by isa card
> f) IRQ10 available
> g) IRQ11 used by isa card
> h) IRQ12 available
> 6) security:
> a) set user password: (not used)
> b) set administrative password: (not used)
> II) Seagate ST31230N one gigabyte hard disk
> A) wire block J2 set as follows:
> 1) TP open
> 2) TP shorted
> 3) SS open
> 4) PE shorted
> 5) WP open
> 6) ME open
> 7) DS open
> 8) TE open
> B) wire block J5 set as follows:
> 1) A0 open
> 2) A1 open
> 3) A2 open
> C) wire block J6 set as follows:
> 1) A2 open
> 2) A1 open
> 3) A0 open
> 4) SSP open
> 5) LED open
> 6) RES open
> III) Adaptec AHA-1542CF, Rev. B. SCSI controller
> A) switch block set as follows:
> 1) S1 off
> 2) S2 off
> 3) S3 off
> 4) S4 off
> 5) S5 on
> 6) S6 off
> 7) S7 off
> 8) S8 off
> B) boot configuration (Ctrl-A at boot) set as follows:
> 1) port address 330
> 2) configure/view host adapter settings:
> a) host adapter interrupt: 11
> b) host adapter DMA channel: 5
> c) host adapter SCSI ID: 7
> d) SCSI parity checking: enabled
> e) DMA transfer rate: 5.0 mb/sec
> f) host adapter SCSI terminator: enabled
> g) SCSI device configuration:
> i) enable sync negotiation: (all no)
> ii) enable fast SCSI: (all no)
> iii) enable disconnection (all yes)
> iv) send start unit command: (all no)
> h) advanced configuration options:
> i) floppy controller I/O port: 3F0H-3F7H
> ii) reset SCSI bus at power on: enabled
> iii) host adapter bios: enabled
> iv) system boot int 19 controlled: enabled
> v) extended bios translations: disabled
> vi) support removable disks: disabled
> vii) dynamically scan SCSI buss: disabled
> viii) bios support for more drives: disabled
> ix) bios support for bootable CD's: disabled
> x) bios support for immediate return on seek:
> enabled
> xi) display ctrl-a message: enabled
> 3) SCSI disk utilities:
> a) seagate ST3123ON
> i) format disk
> ii) verify disk
> IV) NEC CDR-501 SCSI CDROM
> A) configuration jumpers set as follows:
> 1) shorted
> 2) open
> 3) open
> 4) open
> 5) shorted
> 6) open
> V) 2 Teac FD-505 combo diskette drives
> A) following jumper settings:
> 1) NO as a single 1.2 Meg, 5-1/4 in diskette drive:
> a) 1-E & F shorted
> b) 1-B & C shorted
> c) 2 all open
> 2) NO as a single 1.44 Meg, 3.5 in diskette drive:
> a) 2-E & F shorted
> b) 2-B & C shorted
> c) 1 all open
> 3) NO as drive A: = 5-1/4 in, and drive B: = 3.5 in
> diskette drive:
> a) 1-E & F shorted
> b) 1-B & C shorted
> c) 2-D & E shorted
> d) 2-A & B shorted
> 4) as drive A: = 3.5 in, and drive B: = 5-1/4 in
> diskette drive:
> a) 1-D & E shorted
> b) 1-A & B shorted
> c) 2-E & F shorted
> d) 2-B & C shorted
> VIa) Diamond SpeedStar 64 SVGA
> A) 2 Meg total of ram
> B) switch block JP7 set as follows:
> 1) 1 & 2 open
> C) switch block JP8 set as follows:
> 1) 1 & 2 shorted
> VIb) NO Orchid ProDesigner II svga card as follows:
> A) 1 Meg of less than 80 ns. 256K ram
> B) switch sw1 settings as follows:
> 1) switch 1, on
> 2) switch 2, off
> 3) switch 3, off
> 4) switch 4, on
> C) wire block jp1 set as follows:
> 1) position 2 & 3 shorted
> C) wire block jp2 set as follows:
> 2) position 2 & 3 shorted:
> VIIa) WD8003EPE ethernet controller, as follows:
> A) wire block w1 configured for soft:
> B) wire block w2 configured for soft:
> C) wire block w3 configured for BNC:
> D) boot to MSDOS with no config.sys or autoexec.bat,
> and from the EtherCard PLUS ELITE LAN Adapter
> disk, version 2.1:
> i) ezsetup /newio:280 /irq:2 /ram:D0000 /wait:n
> VIIb) NO Intel Etherexpress (NOTE: card address is 00 AA 00 58 20 28)
> NOTE: NOT CERTIFIED FOR OPERATION WITH LINUX
> A) soft set
> 1) manual set up
> a) i/o address: 320-32F
> b) interrupt: INT9
> c) connector: auto detect
> d) force 8 bit operation: no
> e) amount of ram to map: none
> f) ram start address: none
> g) flash boot rom address: D000-D1FF
> h) flash remote program: none
> VIIc) NO WD8003E ethernet controller, as follows:
> 1) wire block w1 set as follows:
> a) position 1 & 2, open
> b) position 3 & 4, shorted
> c) position 5 & 6, shorted
> d) position 7 & 8, open
> e) position 9 & 10, shorted
> 2) wire block w2 set as follows:
> a) position 1 & 2, open
> b) position 3 & 4, open
> c) position 5 & 6, open
> d) position 7 & 8, open
> e) position 9 & 10, open
> f) position 11 & 12 shorted
> 3) wire block w3 set as follows:
> a) position 1 & 2, shorted
> b) position 3 & 4, shorted
> c) position 5 & 6, shorted
> d) position 7 & 8, shorted
> e) position 9 & 10, shorted
> f) position 11 & 12, shorted
> 4) wire w4 set as follows:
> a) position 1 & 2, open
> 5) wire w5 set as follows:
> b) position 1 & 2, shorted
> VIIIa) NO SIIG Twincom Professional Serial Board, as follows (COM2):
> A) jp3 set as follows:
> 1) 2a, shorted
> 2) all others, open
> B) jp4 set as follows:
> 1) 2b, shorted
> 2) all others, open
> VIIIb) NO SIIG Twincom Professional Upgrade kit, as follows (COM3):
> A) jp3 set as follows:
> 1) 2a, shorted
> 2) b3, shorted (3e8-3ef)
> 3) all others, open
> B) jp4 set as follows:
> 1) 2b, shorted (IRQ5)
> 2) a4, shorted
> 3) all others, open
> VIIIc) SIIG Hi-Irq I/O Expander 2S serial port with expanded upgrade
> NOTE: Manual Errata:
> 1) page 1-4 port1 and port2 labels are reversed
> 2) page 3-11 port1 and port2 labels are reversed
> 3) the nomenclature on page 2-2 is correct, and
> contradictory with the schematics on page 1-4,
> and 3-11
> A) switch block JP1 set as follows:
> 1) IRQ3 open
> 2) IRQ4 open
> 3) IRQ5 shorted
> 4) IRQ7 open
> 5) IRQ9 open
> 6) IRQ10 open
> 7) IRQ11 open
> 8) IRQ12 open
> 9) IRQ15 open
> B) switch block JP2 set as follows:
> 1) IRQ3 shorted
> 2) IRQ4 open
> 3) IRQ5 open
> 4) IRQ7 open
> 5) IRQ9 open
> 6) IRQ10 open
> 7) IRQ11 open
> 8) IRQ12 open
> 9) IRQ15 open
> C) switch block S1 set as follows:
> 1) COM4 open
> 2) COM3 shorted
> 3) COM2 open
> 4) COM1 open
> D) switch block 21 set as follows:
> 1) COM4 open
> 2) COM3 open
> 3) COM2 shorted
> 4) COM1 open
> IX) 2 Toshiba 8 Meg, 72 pin, 70ns SIMS
> X) JDR model PPS-300B 300 watt switching power supply
> XI) JDR model EN-6680 Series chassis and hardware
> XIIa) Logitech MouseMan model 1313, M-CQ38, P/N: 811188-01
> serial mouse, as follows:
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 1 (COM1)
> XIIb) NO Logitec model C7 serial mouse, as follows:
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 1 (COM1)
> XIII) Telebit QBlazer, as follows:
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 2 (COM2)
> XIVa) SupraFAXModem V.32bis
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 3 (COM3)
> 1) set to AT&F2&W
> XIVb) NO ATT/Paradyne DataPort Modem, as follows:
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 3 (COM3)
> 1) set to AT&F&W
> XIVc) NO SupraFAXModem 144LC
> A) connected to (DOS) async port 3 (COM3)
> 1) set to AT&F2&W
> XV) NEC Multisync 3D, as follows:
> A) front panel switches as follows:
> 1) mode off
> 2) color auto
> XVI) Epson FX-286e, as follows:
> A) switch settings for DIP 1 as follows:
> 1) switch 1, off
> 2) switch 2, on
> 3) switch 3, off
> 4) switch 4, off
> 5) switch 5, off
> 6) switch 6, on
> 7) switch 7, on
> 8) switch 8, on
> B) switch settings for DIP 2 as follows:
> 1) switch 1, off
> 2) switch 2, off
> 3) switch 3, off
> 4) switch 4, off
>
> SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
>
> I) boot to the slackware boot disk (scsinet1), with the slackware CD
> installed in the drive:
> A) at the boot prompt: Enter
> II) insert the slackware root disk (color144), when prompted
> III) login as root:
> A) fdisk:
> 1) probably using d, delete partitions 1, 2, 3, and 4
> 2) using n, a, t, and finally w, set up the
> partition table as follows:
>
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 1 900 921584 83 Linux native
> /dev/sda2 901 901 1010 112640 82 Linux swap
> B) setup
> C) addswap:
> 1) /dev/sda2 901 901 1010 112640 82 Linux swap: yes
> 2) ignore the warning not to format the disk (a lowlevel
> format was initiated in the hardware configuration):
> ok
> 3) mkswap: yes
> 4) swapon: yes
> 5) add to /etc/fstab: yes
> 6) continute with installation: yes
> 7) use /dev/sda1: yes
> 8) format: ok
> 9) 4096, 1 inode per 4096 bytes: yes
> 10) select installation media: yes
> a) install from CD-ROM: yes
> i) SCSI (/dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1): yes
> ii) /dev/scd0: ok
> iii) slackware normal installation to
> hard drive: ok
> iv) go on to disk sets selection: yes
> 11) disk sets to install:
> a) base linux system
> b) various applications that do not need x
> c) program development (c, c++, lisp, perl, etc.)
> d) GUN emacs
> e) networking (tcp/ip, uucp, mail, news)
> f) TeX
> g) tcl/tk/tclx, tcl language, and took kit for x
> h) xfree86 window system
> i) x applications
> j) xfree86 x11 server development system
> k) xview (open look window manager, apps)
> l)games (that do not require x)
> 12) go on to the install section: yes
> 13) normal tag files: ok
> 14) install the following programs:
>
> 1) ok idenet 116) ok ntf_cmcy
> 2) ok scsi 117) cancel ntf_fc
> 3) ok getty 118) cancel ntm_arab
> 4) ok comms 119) ok ntm_gree
> 5) cancel gpm 120) cancel ntm_hebr
> 6) ok keytbls 121) ok ntm_pict
> 7) ok loadlin 122) ok ntb_b2d
> 8) ok tcsh 123) cancel ntf_astr
> 9) ok jove 124) cancel ntf_bard
> 10) ok man 125) cancel ntf_cher
> 11) ok termbin 126) ntf_cmas
> 12) ok termnet 127) ok ntf_cmb
> 13) cancel termsrc 128) ok ntf_cmoe
> 14) ok diff 129) ok ntf_cmpc
> 15) ok ghostscr 130) ok ntf_cmts
> 16) ok gsfonts1 131) ok ntf_conc
> 17) ok jed 132) ok ntf_cypr
> 18) ok joe 133) cancel ntf_ding
> 19) ok sudo 134) ok ntf_duer
> 20) ok gsfonts2 135) ok ntf_elvi
> 21) ok zsh 136) cancel ntf_engw
> 22) ok ash 137) ok ntf_futh
> 23) ok bc 138) ok ntf_geor
> 24) cancel ftape 139) cancel ntf_go
> 25) ok gp9600 140) ok ntf_goth
> 26) ok groff 141) cancel ntf_hand
> 27) ok manpgs 142) ok ntf_hge
> 28) cancel mt_st 143) ok ntf_kart
> 29) cancel quota 144) ok ntf_klin
> 30) ok sc 145) cancel ntf_la
> 31) ok texinfo 146) ok ntf_logi
> 32) ok vim 147) ok ntf_logo
> 33) cancel workbone 148) ok ntf_ocm
> 34) ok ispell 149) ok ntf_ocra
> 35) ok jpeg 150) ok ntf_ogha
> 36) cancel mc 151) cancel ntf_okud
> 37) ok shlbsvga 152) ok ntf_osma
> 38) ok gcc263 153) cancel ntf_punk
> 39) ok byacc 154) cancel ntf_recy
> 40) ok man2 155) ok ntf_rsfs
> 41) ok objc263 156) ok ntf_rune
> 42) ok p2c 157) cancel ntf_stma
> 43) ok extralib 158) cancel ntf_teng
> 44) ok gdb 159) cancel ntf_thai
> 45) ok libgxx 160) ok ntf_twca
> 46) ok man3 161) cancel ntf_ugar
> 47) ok rcs 162) ok ntf_wasy
> 48) ok f2c 163) cancel ntf_wsui
> 49) ok m4 164) cancel ntm_deva
> 50) ok ncurses 165) ok ntm_germ
> 51) ok svgalib 166) ok ntm_plft
> 52) ok lx128_1 167) cancel ntm_tami
> 53) ok lx128_2 168) cancel ntm_viet
> 54) ok lx128_3 169) ok tcl
> 55) ok perl 170) ok tk
> 56) ok strace 171) ok blt
> 57) ok bison 172) ok itcl
> 58) cancel clisp 173) ok tclx
> 59) ok tools 174) cancel x3118514
> 60) ok emacsmisc 175) cancel x311agx
> 61) ok elispc 176) cancel x311ma32
> 62) ok elisp1 177) cancel x311ma8
> 63) ok elisp2 178) cancel x311mono
> 64) cancel emacs_nox 179) cancel x311p9k
> 65) ok elm 180) cancel x311s3
> 66) ok netcfg 181) ok x311svga
> 67) ok rdist 182) ok fvwmicns
> 68) ok tcpip 183) ok x311ctrb
> 69) ok deliver 184) cancel x311vga
> 70) ok mailx 185) cancel x311w32
> 71) ok pine 186) ok x311inc
> 72) ok sendmail 187) ok x311ubin
> 73) ok smailcfg 188) ok oldlibs
> 74) ok uucp 189) cancel x311xtra
> 75) cancel cnews 190) ok x311f75
> 76) ok dip 191) ok fnt100_1
> 77) cancel inn 192) ok fnt100_2
> 78) ok ppp 193) ok fntbig1
> 79) cancel tin 194) ok fntbig2
> 80) cancel trn_nntp 195) ok fntbig3
> 81) cancel trn 196) ok x311man
> 82) ok bind 197) ok x311doc
> 83) cancel nn_nntp 198) ok x311fscl
> 84) cancel nn_spool 199) cancel x311ma64
> 85) ok gentle 200) ok gnuplot
> 86) ok ntb_gsfp 201) ok gs_x11
> 87) ok ntb_dps 202) ok libgr
> 88) ok ntb_indx 203) ok seyon
> 89) ok ntb_utl1 204) ok vgaset
> 90) ok ntb_xdvi 205) cancel xfract
> 91) ok ntb_bibt 206) cancel gchess
> 92) ok ntb_dlj 207) ok ghstview
> 93) ok ntb_utl3 208) cancel x3270
> 94) ok ntb_cmu 209) cancel xfm
> 95) ok ntf_pand 210) ok xgames
> 96) ok ntm_amst 211) ok xspread
> 97) ok ntm_etex 212) ok xxgdb
> 98) ok ntm_ltx3 213) cancel xfileman
> 99) ok ntm_ltx4 214) ok xpaint
> 100) ok ntm_djc 215) ok xv
> 101) ok ntb_traf 216) cancel xd_lkit1
> 102) ok ntb_xfig 217) cancel xd_lkit2
> 103) ok ntf_ams 218) cancel x311pex
> 104) ok ntf_bl 219) ok x311slib
> 105) ok ntf_dc 220) ok xv32_sa
> 106) ok ntf_phon 221) ok xv32_a
> 107) ok ntf_xcmr 222) ok xvinc32
> 108) ok ntb_html 223) cancel workman
> 109) ok ntb_ps 224) ok xv32exmp
> 110) cancel ntm_hier 225) ok bsdgames
> 111) ok ntm_ltx2 226) ok sastroid
> 112) cancel ntm_turk 227) ok tetris
> 113) cancel ntb_kpat 228) ok doomwad
> 114) ok ntf_bbm 229) ok doom
> 115) ok ntf_cmca 230) ok doomwad2
>
> 15) configure the system: yes
> a) make a boot disk: no
> b) setup modem: yes
> i) cua1, com2 under dos: ok
> ca) setup the mouse: yes
> i) logitech (mouseman) serial mouse: ok
> ii) serial port ttyS0, com1 under dos: ok
> cb) NO setup the mouse: yes
> i) Logitech serial mouse: ok
> ii) serial port ttyS0, com1 under dos: ok
> d) don't try custom screen fonts
> e) set the modem speed at 38400: ok
> f) begin new LILO header: ok
> i) add no parameters: ok
> ii) master boot record: ok
> iii) no lilo delay: ok
> iv) add linux partition to the lilo config
> file: ok
> v) /dev/sda1: ok
> vi) partition name: Linux
> vii) install LILO: ok
> g) configure the network: yes
> i) netconfig will reconfigure the network: ok
> ii) host name is johncon: ok
> iii) domain name is johncon.com: ok
> iv) will not only use loop back: no
> v) ip address is 148.130.176.152: ok
> vi) gateway address is 148.130.176.152: ok
> vii) netmask is 255.255.255.0: ok
> viii) will not be accessing a name server: no
> ix) use uucp for mail transmission: ok
> x) timezone is us/pacific: ok
> h) remove any floppy diskettes and reboot
> IV) login as root:
> A) xf86config, note: /etc/XF86Config is contained on the
> system disk:
> 1a) mouse protocol is Logitech MouseMan (Microsoft
> Compatable)
> 2a) do not enable ChordMiddle, no
> 3a) don't Emulate3Buttons , no
> 1b) NO mouse protocol is Logitech mouse (serial old
> type, logitech protocol)
> 2b) No it is not a microsoft mouse: yes
> 4) mouse device is /dev/ttyS0
> 5) do not enable alt key bindings: no
> 6) horizontal sync range: 15.5-38
> 7) verticle sync range is 50-90
> 8) identifier = multisync
> 9) vendor = nec
> 10) model = 3d
> 11) look at the card database and find "diamond speedstar
> 64, and enter the corresponding number
> 12) choose the server from the card definition, XF86_SVGA
> 13) set the symbolic link: yes
> 14) set it in /var/X11R6/bin: yes
> 15a) 2048K of memory on the video card
> 15b) NO 1024K of memory on the video card
> 16) default names
> 17) no clock chip setting
> 18) do not probe clocks now
> 19a) NO change the modes for 8pp (256 colors)
> i) 54321
> 19b) NO change the modes for 8pp (256 colors)
> i) modes are 432
> 20) modes are ok, continue
> V) boot to the slackware boot disk (scsinet1), with the slackware CD
> installed in the drive, note: /usr/src/linux-1.2.8/.config is
> contained on the system disk:
> 1) at the boot prompt: mount root=/dev/sda1
> 2) login as root
> 3) cd /usr/src/linux-1.2.8
> 4) make config, and set the following:
>
> 1) Kernel math emulation (CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION), y
> 2) Normal floppy disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD), y
> 3) Normal (MFM/RLL) disk and IDE disk/cdrom support
> (CONFIG_ST506), n
> 4) XT harddisk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD), n
> 5) Networking support (CONFIG_NET), y
> 6) Limit memory to low 16MB (CONFIG_MAX_16M), n
> 7) PCI bios support (CONFIG_PCI), y
> 8) PCI bridge optimisation (experimental)
> (CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE), n
> 9) System V IPC (CONFIG_SYSVIPC), y
> 10) Kernel support for ELF binaries
> (CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF), y
> 11) Use -m486 flag for 486-specific optimizations
> (CONFIG_M486), y
> 12) Set version information on all symbols for modules
> (CONFIG_MODVERSIONS), n
> 13) TCP/IP networking (CONFIG_INET), y
> 14) IP forwarding/gatewaying (CONFIG_IP_FORWARD), n
> 15) IP multicasting (CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST), n
> 16) IP firewalling (CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL), n
> 17) IP accounting (CONFIG_IP_ACCT), n
> 18) PC/TCP compatibility mode (CONFIG_INET_PCTCP), n
> 19) Reverse ARP (CONFIG_INET_RARP), n
> 20) Assume subnets are local (CONFIG_INET_SNARL), y
> 21) Disable NAGLE algorithm (normally enabled)
> (CONFIG_TCP_NAGLE_OFF), n
> 22) The IPX protocol (CONFIG_IPX), n
> 23) SCSI support? (CONFIG_SCSI), y
> 24) SCSI disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD), y
> 25) SCSI tape support (CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST), n
> 26) SCSI CDROM support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR), y
> 27) SCSI generic support (CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG), n
> 28) Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device
> (CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN), n
> 29) Adaptec AHA152X support (CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X), n
> 30) Adaptec AHA1542 support (CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542), y
> 31) Adaptec AHA1740 support (CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740), n
> 32) Adaptec AHA274X/284X support
> (CONFIG_SCSI_AHA274X), n
> 33) BusLogic SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC), n
> 34) EATA-DMA (DPT,NEC&ATT for ISA,EISA,PCI) support
> (CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA), n
> 35) UltraStor 14F/34F support (CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F), n
> 36) Future Domain 16xx SCSI support
> (CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN), n
> 37) Generic NCR5380 SCSI support
> (CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380), n
> 38) NCR53c7,8xx SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx),
> n
> 39) Always IN2000 SCSI support (test release)
> (CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000), n
> 40) PAS16 SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16), n
> 41) QLOGIC SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC), n
> 42) Seagate ST-02 and Future Domain TMC-8xx SCSI
> support (CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE), n
> 43) Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI support
> (CONFIG_SCSI_T128), n
> 44) UltraStor SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR), n
> 45) 7000FASST SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST), n
> 46) Network device support? (CONFIG_NETDEVICES), y
> 47) Dummy net driver support (CONFIG_DUMMY), y
> 48) SLIP (serial line) support (CONFIG_SLIP), y
> 49) CSLIP compressed headers (CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED),
> y
> 50) 16 channels instead of 4 (SL_SLIP_LOTS), n
> 51) PPP (point-to-point) support (CONFIG_PPP), y
> 52) PLIP (parallel port) support (CONFIG_PLIP), n
> 53) Do you want to be offered ALPHA test drivers
> (CONFIG_NET_ALPHA), n
> 54) Western Digital/SMC cards (CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC),
> y
> 55) WD80*3 support (CONFIG_WD80x3), y
> 56) SMC Ultra support (CONFIG_ULTRA), n
> 57) AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support
> (CONFIG_LANCE), n
> 58) 3COM cards (CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM), n
> 59) Other ISA cards (CONFIG_NET_ISA), n
> 60) EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers
> (CONFIG_NET_EISA), n
> 61) Pocket and portable adaptors (CONFIG_NET_POCKET),
> n
> 62) Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CDROM driver support
> (CONFIG_CDU31A), n
> 63) Mitsumi (not IDE/ATAPI) CDROM driver support
> (CONFIG_MCD), n
> 64) Matsushita/Panasonic CDROM driver support
> (CONFIG_SBPCD), n
> 65) Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes (non IDE) CDROM
> support (CONFIG_AZTCD), n
> 66) Sony CDU535 CDROM driver support (CONFIG_CDU535),
> n
> 67) Standard (minix) fs support (CONFIG_MINIX_FS), y
> 68) Extended fs support (CONFIG_EXT_FS), n
> 69) Second extended fs support (CONFIG_EXT2_FS), y
> 70) xiafs filesystem support (CONFIG_XIA_FS), n
> 71) msdos fs support (CONFIG_MSDOS_FS), y
> 72) umsdos: Unix like fs on top of std MSDOS FAT fs
> (CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS), y
> 73) /proc filesystem support (CONFIG_PROC_FS), y
> 74) NFS filesystem support (CONFIG_NFS_FS), y
> 75) ISO9660 cdrom filesystem support
> (CONFIG_ISO9660_FS), y
> 76) OS/2 HPFS filesystem support (read only)
> (CONFIG_HPFS_FS), n
> 77) System V and Coherent filesystem support
> (CONFIG_SYSV_FS), n
> 78) Cyclades async mux support (CONFIG_CYCLADES), n
> 79) Parallel printer support (CONFIG_PRINTER), y
> 80) Logitech busmouse support (CONFIG_BUSMOUSE), n
> 81) PS/2 mouse (aka "auxiliary device") support
> (CONFIG_PSMOUSE), n
> 82) NO C&T 82C710 mouse port support (as on TI
> Travelmate) (CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE), n
> 83) Microsoft busmouse support (CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE), n
> 84) ATIXL busmouse support (CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE), n
> 85) QIC-02 tape support (CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE), n
> 86) QIC-117 tape support (CONFIG_FTAPE), n
> 87) Sound card support (CONFIG_SOUND), n
> 88) Kernel profiling support (CONFIG_PROFILE), n
> 89) Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K)
> (CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS), n
>
> 5) make dep
> 6) make clean
> 7) make zlilo
> 8) rdev -R /vmlinuz 1
> 9) remove any floppy diskettes and reboot
> VI) login as root:
> A) adduser:
> 1) john
> 2) John Conover
> 3) GID 100
> 4) UID 501
> 5) home directory of /home/john
> 6) shell of /bin/bash
> 7) passwd:
> B) adduser:
> 1) connie
> 2) Connie Conover
> 3) GID 100
> 4) UID 502
> 5) home directory of /home/connie
> 6) shell of /bin/bash
> 7) passwd:
> VII) login as root:
> A) install disks:
> 1) probably backup /etc/passwd (the old passwd file will
> be installed from the system disk)
> 2) cd /
> 3) tar xvf /dev/fd0 the system disk
> 4) cd /usr
> 5) cpio -iBc < /dev/fd0 the local.tar.gz disk
> 6) gunzip local.tar.gz
> 7) tar xvf local.tar
> 8) cd /usr/lib/emacs
> 9) tar xvf /dev/fd0 the site-lisp.tar.gz disk
> 10) gunzip site-lisp.tar.gz
> 11) tar xvf site-lisp.tar
> B) cd /usr/lib/emacs/19.28/lisp
> 1) touch *.elc
> 2) cd /usr/lib/emacs/19.28/term
> 3) touch *.elc
> C) chmod a+rw /dev/cua1
> D) passwd root
> E) passwd john
> F) passwd connie
> G) passwd uucp
> H) enable (COM2):
> 1)set the QBlazer as follows:
> aa) cu -s38400 -l ttyS1
> ab) NO cu -s9600 -l ttyS1
> i) at&f
> ii) ats0=1
> iii) ats7=90
> iv) ats41=1
> v) ats51=252
> vi) ats58=2
> vii) ats61=0
> viii) ats64=1
> ix) at&d3
> x) atl0
> xi) atm0
> xii) atx2
> xiiia) atq0
> xiiib) NO atq1 (SysV, Rel 4.2, only)
> xiv) at&w
> xv) ~.
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