Hey!!! A few queries

[Tualha Khan]

Dear All,

Hey!

I have just joined this forum. I am from New Delhi, India. I am an SCJP and am now concentrating towards networking/unix/linux. I have 2 machines at my home (my primary place of R&D).

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The configuration of machines is:

Machine 1 (Sun Solaris on x86)
Processor - 366 Mhz Celeron
RAM - 192 MB SDRAM
AGP - ATI Rage IIc 4 MB AGP
HDD - IDE 6.4 GB Seagate
CDROM - 40x IDE ATAPI
MBOARD - Some Board which works fine
MOUSE - PS/2 Generic Mouse


Machine 2 (Windows 2000 / Linux Redhat 7.0 Dual Boot)
Processor - 800 Mhz Celeron
RAM - 256 MB SDRAM
AGP - Sis 6326 4 MB AGP
HDD - IDE 10 GB Seagate (4-W2K, 5-RH)
CDROM - 4x/4x/24x IDE HP 8200a internal CDWriter
MBOARD - AmazePC AMBX 133
MOUSE - Logitech First Mouse
Modem - 56k D-Link 560 External Modem
Ethernet Card - D-Link 538 TX 10/100
Sound - C-Media 8338 Chipset
VDU - LG 15" 552 Studio Works

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Now I have a few problems:

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1) I have to buy a new Ethernet card for the Sun x86 Machine. Any Recommendations for that, any brand, any model etc etc. However, it should not be too heavy on my pocket.

2) When I try to set the hostname on linux, either from the linuxconf tool or from the 'hostname ........' command, I get some errors afterwards. Mainly, lpd gives some error, sendmail does not show the status [OK]. Instead the system hangs and I have to reboot the machine. Please guide me on this.

3) I use a D-Link 538 TX NIC. As far as the Card manual is concerned, it says I should use the rl8139.o driver. Using linuxconf, I added it to the system. and did a reboot. Finally, I got the error while booting: insmod/..../..../..... insmod eth0 failed.
Guide me with this as well.

4) Earlier I was unable to use cdrecord software for burning cdr/w's. But then somehow, I came to know that I have to enable the ide-scsi module using 'insmod ide-scsi' command. Finally, I got it working. But now a new problem has shown it's face, I can't access my writer directly using 'mount /mnt/cdrom'. Instead now I have to do a 'mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom' for using it. Can somebody help me out with this.

Enough for the time being.

Eagerly waiting for your replies.

Thanks a ton.
Tualha Khan

[KT]

Salam alaikum. Kya haal hai?

Lets get right to business.

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1) I believe solaris has pretty good Hardware support. However, to be safe go with a decent brandname such as 3com or Linksys.

2) Which distribution are you using? There is a file in /etc by the name of 'hostname' (or something like that, cant remember at the moment), try changing it from there. Also, what is the exact error message that you get?

3) Are you sure you have configured the module right. I haven't setup a D-Link NIC before, but you may have to pass certain parameters to the kernel at boot up, or when loading the module. (Not 100% certain about this one).

4) create a symbolic link in your /dev directory. ie. "ln -s scd0 cdrom" should do it.

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Sorry, I cant test this stuff out before recommending it, because I'm at work and i dont have a linux box handy here.

Best of Luck.

[Tualha Khan]

Walaikum Salam.

Thanks a ton for help.

Will try everything again tonite, and will let you know.

See you later.

Bye,
Tualha Khan

[Silent Bob]

For 4)

You could also edit /etc/fstab and edit the line referring to your CD so it reads something like this:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

And you should now be able to mount it by typing mount /mnt/cdrom :)

[Tualha Khan]

Well,

I tried doing the second suggestion on cdrecord issue (4). And now it's working fine. Absolutely fine. Now my second hurdle is the ethernet card configuration. Lets see what comes up on that front. BTW, I am using RH 7.0 Kernel 2.2.16-22. And my ethernet card (D-Link 538 TX)is using the realtek driver (rlt...0).

Thanks a lot.
Eagerly waiting for your reply.

Bye,
Tualha Khan