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From: aoki@risk.stanford.edu (ikuro aoki)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386bsd] Queries for the new scsi driver.
Date: 3 Jan 93 03:32:09
Organization: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: risk.stanford.edu
In-reply-to: mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp's message of 3 Jan 93 09:48:59 GMT

Hello,

  >>  	What is the advantage of the new scsi driver 
  >>	compared the old scsi drivers ?

At least, it permits me using a faster aha1742a SCSI adapter
instead of an aha1542b. And lots more useful features.

  >>	Was the old scsi driver not using DMA transfer
  >>	but program data transfer?

Yes, the original scsi driver uses DMA transfer. I believe
that the new scsi driver dosen't speed up your file access
basicly if you use the same aha1542b adapter. The limitation
is the transfer speed of the adapter.

  >>	aha0 reading board settings, 150 nSEC ok, use 200 nSEC

You may look into /sys/i386/isa/aha1542.c source code, 
especially around aha_set_bus_speed() function ~ 1383.
It's better than descussing.

# I don't have any idea for your Main problem. Excuse me.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: swong@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Stanley Wong)
Subject: bad blocks
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:58:28 GMT

I am getting a CAN'T READ BLOCK 81360 and subsequently CAN'T READ SECTOR
81409 on my ESDI drive.  How can I correct this?

Also, could someone put the extract file up somewhere, say rachel or agate
I lost mine.

Thanks.

stan
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: jburnes@csisun.uucp (Jim Burnes)
Subject: [386BSD] Latest Update
Organization: CompuSci, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:44:42 GMT

I have a couple of questions about 386bsd since I have been of
then net for about 4 months [serious withdrawl] and need to
know where it stands...

1.  I have the 0.1 distribution sitting next to me on a bunch
    of microdisks.  Has a newer version come out?  Any rumours?
    Who is the keeper of the lastest patched version/patches?
   
2.  Has anyone come up with a hack on 'bootany' or 'shoelace'
    to let you boot either MSDOS/BSD or whatever?

3.  I'm interested in getting x386 to run on top of 386bsd.
    I've read a lot lately about graphics accelerators and
    everytime I read it seems like 2 months from now better/faster
    accelerators will be out.  Right now it seems like a 
    battle between the Actix Grphicsengine 32/VLbus or
    the ATI Ultra Pro with a strong showing of support
    for the S3 chips.  In the coming months it looks like
    the S3/928 chipset or the new Matrox chip may be the
    way to go.  Matrox apparently is building in (get this)
    Goroud shading.

4   BTW: What are peoples favorite window managers for X386?
    I would think 'tvtwm' is pretty popular.  Is it possible
    to buy Motif from OSF and just compile it down for x386?
    Several advantages for MOTIF here...namely the HP Motif
    Interface builder "winterp" can be used on it.  I heard
    somewhere that Motif was $100 from OSF.

4.  I'm planning upgrades now for installing 386bsd.  I think
    a 15 or 17 inch MAG monitor would be great.  For a hard
    drive either a 213 or a 340 would seem my most affordable
    price point.  Anyone have any idea on the best performance/
    value on these critters?  Seems like Maxtor and WD are
    the way to go.

5.  At the current prices it seems like the AMD 386/40 VLbus
    motherboards are still a better deal than the 486's.
    My own pet theory is that a 386/40 is faster than most
    people realize.  Combined with a decent graphics accelerator
    such a system should really fly.  Even with the additional
    cost of a Cyrix 387/40 its still cheaper than 486's.  Are
    there large additional benefits of a 486 on 386BSD?  My
    guess would be that the large on-chip cache would visibly
    speed things up if the kernel stays in it most of the time.

6.  What about SCSI/tape backup support?  Serial ports, parallel
    printer drivers etc etc.

Thanks for taking the time.....

Many thanks to the Jolitzs for a serious act of philanthropy.

Support the hacker ethic!

Jim Burnes

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
Subject: Re: os-bs fixed (v1.35), yet another boot manager
Keywords: os-bs
Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:42:25 GMT

In article <4345@elwood.prz.tu-berlin.de>, 
wolf@blade.prz.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) writes:

| OS Boot Select (os-bs) is a replacement of the ordinary master boot
| program.

While you're here:

Should os-bs be able to boot os2(hpfs) and 386bsd on the same disk.  Is
there some trick to this?

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From: cen@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Charles E. Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: 386BSD source
Date: 28 Dec 92 04:18:21 GMT
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix


 
    Does anyone know if the source code for BSD386 is available, I
would like to try to implement quota on my SysV compatible system,
As far as I know, quota imported from a BSD compatible system is
the only way of implementing disk quotas on a SysV compatible
system.
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From: blackett@bbn.com (Kent Blackett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] Help finding an up-to-date kernel
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:33:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com


I have 386bsd installed and sort of running on my PC, but I need help getting
it *really* running.  I don't have an IDE controller; only an Adaptec 1542B
controlling the floppies, as well as the SCSI devices.  On the SCSI chain is
a 200MB Quantum, an Archive Python DAT drive, and an old 173MB Wren.

I'm really new to 386bsd, and I got to where I am by ftp'ing the distribution
files at work, then ftp'ing them to a Mac at work, then writing DOS-format
floppies on the Mac, then taking the floppies home to the PC.

That was bad enough for the "bin" distribution, but I'd rather not do it that
way for the "src" and "etc" kits.  I have access to an HP 700 workstation at
work with a DAT drive, and I've tar'd the kits to a tape.  But trying to read
it at home on the PC under 386bsd gets screenfuls of SCSI error messages and
status register dumps.  I've gleaned from this newsgroup that there are a few
problems with the SCSI drivers, /dev/* special files, etc.

The bottom line is, I'd really like to ftp a kernel that will enable me to get
the rest of the distribution using DAT tape, rather than floppies.  If some
kind sole could point me to such a kernel, I'd be grateful (one with a working
printer driver would also be a plus...)

Thanks,
Kent Blackett
blackett@bbn.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
Subject: Patch posters -- please don't post reversed patches!!
Reply-To: witr@rwwa.com
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:07:52 GMT

The correct way is to:

  diff -c old new > patchfile

Posting a reversed patch just causes confusion and makes people wonder
if your patch is bogus...

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From: mt@calliope.kram.org (Mark Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386bsd] happy new year
Date: 3 Jan 93 17:26:31 GMT
Reply-To: mt@kram.org
Organization: Demon Systems Limited / Demon Internet Services
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.18)

In article <1993Jan3.034805.17535@ucc.su.OZ.AU> dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU writes:
>The patch works for me, but both Andrew, Bruce (and I) are east of GMT/UTC
>while you are west (so the TZ sign will be different).  Anyone else
>tried these patches?  The results from someone at GMT might be
>interesting.

My site is at GMT, we applied Bruce's patch and it seems to be working
fine.

Regards,

Mark.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: tom@druid.bo.open.de (Thomas Weiss)
Subject: [386BSD] Problems with XFree86 / ATI Vantage
Organization: News at druid
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:57:10 GMT



I currently try to get XFree86 (color server) working with
my ATI Graphics Vantage / EIZO 8060S.

The server does not support the 8514 mode but has an ATI Wonder driver,
which I want to use, but I dont know the clock settings from the
videocard.

If someone uses the same configuration (same ATI), or has any clue
to solve my problems please e-mail me !

Also every hint to get XBSD8514 working (Xconfig) is welcome -) 


Thanks in advance, Thomas


Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: gebhart@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ralf Gebhart)
Subject: Re: Does 386BSD work on systems with 20 megabytes of memory! HELP!
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:57:05 GMT
Distribution: comp.unix.bsd

In article <1992Dec29.082629.3222@convex.com> grefen@convex.com writes:
>In article <287902vW30DE01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, tjw00@zombie.uucp (Tom Wye) writes:
>|> Does 386BSD work on machines with 20 megabytes of memory or more? HELP!!!!
>|> 
>|> The system slowly crashs and burns when I boot with 20 megabytes of storage     
>|> installed. The same kernel runs ok with 4 megabytes.
[...]
>|> Memory in bank 0 - 4 x 1m sims for 4M 
>|> Memory in bank 1 - 4 x 4m sims for 16M 
>|> Adaptec 1542BB
>This is it, the Adaptec can only DMA into the lower 16M of RAM ... you loose.
>You need an  Adaptec 174x (EISA) or change the code in the driver to use a 
>buffer and copy the data for requests outside the first 16M.

I had the same problem and heard about the problem with first 16M and the 1542.
So I put only 16M to my box. Now my question is, does Julian's SCSI-Kit
handle that correctly, e.g. does it use such buffers to avoid direct access
to memory above the 16M ?

Ralf
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Almost Free Symbolic Links (source code)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:44:37 GMT

In article <DERAADT.92Dec17125257@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes:
>    How about generalizing this to put ALL files < 60 bytes in the inode, not
>    just symlinks?

> Because it screws up the alignment all the way through the file.

How do you get that? Files < 60 bytes would start in the inode (or files
less than 39 or 52 or however many bytes are available in the block pointers),
and longer files would start in the first direct block. When you wrote byte 61
the OS would allocate the first direct block and copy it in.

It could even optimize by only moving the file contents to the inode on file
close.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey)
Subject: interviews 3.1 & idraw executables for 386BSD available
Reply-To: Rich@rice.edu
Organization: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice
	University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:55:06 GMT


Amancio and I would like to announce that interviews 3.1 binaries and
patches for 386BSD are available on agate.berkeley.edu (128.32.136.1)
in pub/386BSD/0.1-ports/x-apps/InterViews.  There are three files:

iv3.1-bin.tar.Z*     complete 386BSD binaries for interviews 3.1
idraw3.1.tar.Z       binaries and documentation for the graphics editor
iv3.1-386bsd-gcc-2.3.3.patches  the source patches


The split archive iv3.1-bin.tar.Z* is the complete 386BSD binaries
and documentation for interviews 3.1.  To install iv3.1-bin.tar.Z,
either unpack it in /usr/contrib or make a symbolic link so that it
appears to be there:

    cd /usr/contrib
    cat iv3.1-bin.tar.Z* |tar xzf -

idraw3.1.tar.Z is the binaries and documentation for the interviews
3.1 graphics editor (idraw) alone. You can install the idraw
executable anywhere and you don't need any other data or library files
to run it.  You can simply unpack and run it.

idraw3.1.tar.Z contains:
  idraw - a 386BSD executable
  idraw.n - the troff man page source
  idraw.0 - the ascii, formatted man page
  car.idraw - a sports car
  using.idraw.ps - a users guide
  .Xdefaults - example X resources that customize the menus

All these executables require a math coprocessor (387) or a 486DX
because they are linked with libfpu rather than the 386BSD 0.1 libm.a.

Patches to the interviews 3.1 sources that were used to create these
executable are available by anon ftp from ref.tfs.com
(140.145.254.251) in ~rich/iv3.1-386bsd-gcc-2.3.3.patches.

The interviews 3.1 distribution itself is available from
interviews.stanford.edu (36.22.0.175) in /pub/3.1.tar.Z.

Amancio Hasty <hasty@netcom.com>
Rich Murphey <Rich@rice.edu>
From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: gcc-2.3.2 and kernel build
Date: 28 Dec 92 16:37:54 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu


In article <RANDY.92Dec28095652@dsndata.dsndata.com>
randy@dsndata.dsndata.com (Randy Terbush) writes:
>
> I am tripping over many problems created by running fixincludes, and
> using the resulting include files.  What experiences are others
> having?  'fixincludes' used gnu 'sed' on my system since I have found
> some problems with the supplied 'sed'.

The installation notes state that you should only run `fixincludes' if
you don't already have ANSI-compliant include files.

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From: bob@beamlab.ps.uci.edu (bob prohaska)
Subject: Any idiot-proof partitioning software?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Organization: university of california, irvine
Date: 29 Dec 92 23:12:45 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd

Hi All,

Does there exist a foolproof (!) partitioning program which
can be used to set up partitions for 386BSD?  I gather that
expert use of disklabel will do the job, but I've read
the man pages and don't want to become that expert if it can
be avoided.  The disk to be partitioned is under control of
an adaptec 1542b.

Thanks for reading

bob prohaska
From: vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] Second install on same HD
Date: 23 Dec 92 05:00:28 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

I tried to install 386bsd on another partition of the same HD, but it refused
to do so.  How can I put two seperate installs on the same disk?
I have a boot manager already.
(I was worried this was a waste of bandwidth, but after reading the
Dumb Americans post[s] I will never think that again; do something about
it if you don't like it)
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From: beardsl@mepsi.mobil.com (Reginald Beardsley)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] as a router
Organization: Mobil Exploration and Producing Services, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:17:00 GMT

Does anyone have significant experience with using 386BSD as the basis for
a dedicated SLIP/PPP to Ethernet gateway?  Is it reliable?

The power where I live has been unstable as of late (ie. goes down several 
times a week)  I have been contemplating setting up a dedicated 386 box
as a gateway machine with an internal battery pack to isolate it from the
electric company.  That way I can leave the Sun's down when I'm not using
them, and at the same time have a constantly accessible node for e-mail
and automated ftp retrieval.

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(214)-851-8547

From: reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Reinier Kleipool)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 15:17:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [386bsd] login via modem (problem with gettytab/ttys)
Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd

Hello,


  To get a logion on a serial line you should alter /etc/ttys:

com01  /usr/libexec/getty   std.2400   unknown   on secure
^
| /dev/com01 device file
         ^
         | program to run on that port. getty is for notmal login.
                             ^
                             | port settings see /etc/gettytab
                                         ^
                                         | initial setting of $TERM
                                                 ^
                                                 |on: use the entry
                                                 |off: ignore entry.
                                                      ^
                                                      | secure allows
                                              root to login on this line.

dont forget to 
# kill -1 1 
so that init knows you modified the file.



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From: andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] Help: uucico hangs after connect, must start uuxqt manually
Date: 28 Dec 92 11:24:00 GMT
Organization: Andreas Klemm, 4040 Neuss, Germany

Hello,

has anybody some suggestions what I have to do or to configure ?
After an complete and successfull uucp connection to my mail
and newsfeed uucico hangs. Fortunately the carrier is dropped :)
The Send and Receive LED of my modem is on. The Terminal Ready
Line is also on.

I applied the whole Patchkit to the kernel (PL58).

I have a noname 80386/387 25 Mhz 8Mb Ram, and a 16550 UART on my 
com1 port.

Any suggestions ? BTW: /var/log/messages shows the following
messages:

Dec 26 08:25:22 knobel /386bsd: com1: silo overflow
Dec 26 08:35:23 knobel last message repeated 1581 times
Dec 26 08:45:24 knobel last message repeated 1569 times
Dec 26 08:55:25 knobel last message repeated 1561 times
...

Dec 27 22:07:25 knobel /386bsd: com1: silo overflow
Dec 27 22:08:02 knobel last message repeated 5 times
Dec 27 22:08:15 knobel last message repeated 2 times
Dec 27 22:20:08 knobel last message repeated 33 times
Dec 27 22:27:25 knobel last message repeated 11 times
... (not so many)

Bye
	Andreas.
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From: cgd@stinson.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: recompiled ps exits with /dev/mem permission denied message
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:01:33
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
NNTP-Posting-Host: stinson.cs.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: rich@Rice.edu's message of Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:16:55 GMT

umm, that should be

chmod g+s /bin/ps

8-)

i'm surprised that 'make install' did not do it properly...

perhaps the original poster didn't do 'make install'?

chris
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan)
Subject: Serial Card Recommendations
Organization: Delaware State Hospital
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:37:50 GMT

   I need to replace my current serial ports (on a Boca IDE Plus card)
with a 16550-based card to support a UUCP feed, and possibly SLIP/PPP
and/or user dialin in the future. What cards are available with good
support in 386BSD?

                                   Gary D. Duzan
                                   Network Administrator
                                   Delaware State Hospital




Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: dfox@quack.sac.ca.us (David Fox)
Subject: recompiled ps exits with /dev/mem permission denied message
Keywords: ps, permissions, /dev/mem
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
Date: 30 Dec 1992 21:03:57 UTC


Hi *.

I've noticed something strange.  After putting in a Cyrix NDP, and
recompiling ps and libutil.a (installing the patch for ps), ps
dies when I'm not logged in as root with

ps: kvm_openfiles: can't open /dev/mem: permission denied

The permissions on ps are:

-rwxr-xr-x ps

And the permissions on /dev/mem:
crw-r----

I haven't changed permissions on /dev/mem, and ps has worked in the past
for non-root users.

Also, why is it that when I issue ps -aux, the RSS is always 0?
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From: sperber@annecy.peanuts.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386bsd] Will 7000-FASST2 driver make it for 0.2?
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:27:25
Organization: /home/sperber/.organization
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: annecy.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de

I vaguely recall that someone is working on a 7000 driver for 386BSD.
Is there any chance that it will be released in the near future?  Will
it be part of 386BSD 0.2?

Any info would be appreciated.
Cheers :-> Chipsy
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd