From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 00:01:00 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 2033 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 08 January 2011 Number 2033 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 How to install Apache? : Peter Moylan 2 Re: How to install Apache? : Dennis Nolan 3 SCSI cards : Alan Duval 4 Re: SCSI cards : Ed Durrant 5 Re: SCSI cards : Ed Durrant 6 Re: SCSI cards : Alan Duval 7 Re: SCSI cards : Voytek Eymont" 8 Re: SCSI cards : Kris Steenhaut 9 Re: Boot Linux with Boot Manager : Peter L Allen" 10 Re: SCSI cards : Peter L Allen" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:23:48 +1100 From: Peter Moylan Subject: How to install Apache? I downloaded Apache 2 a couple of days ago, but now I find that I don't know how to configure it. Is there a how-to or something similar out there? I got as far as discovering that the *.html files in the "manual" subdirectory are not human-readable, but that the *.html.en files can be read by Firefox. From this I deduce that I can probably create a readable manual by deleting all the *.html files and then renaming all the *.html.en files; but I'm reluctant to fiddle with something I don't understand. Presumably there's a preprocessor that I haven't yet found that will do this. Aside: every time I try to install an application ported from Linux I run into documentation/installation problems. The Linux community seems to have a mindset that reminds me of the Catholic church at the time of the Protestant Reformation. There's an ongoing struggle between those who believe that software should be accessible to everyone and those who believe that only the priests should be allowed to read the manual. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:08:39 +1100 From: Dennis Nolan Subject: Re: How to install Apache? Hi Peter I don't know if this is any help, but, Apache friends create distributions for windows, Linux and Soloras so looking at the windows docs may give some insight other than that maybe the docs for Warp 4 server might help. Happy New Year Dennis. On 8/01/2011 9:23 AM, Peter Moylan wrote: > I downloaded Apache 2 a couple of days ago, but now I find that I don't > know how to configure it. Is there a how-to or something similar out there? > > I got as far as discovering that the *.html files in the "manual" > subdirectory are not human-readable, but that the *.html.en files can be > read by Firefox. From this I deduce that I can probably create a > readable manual by deleting all the *.html files and then renaming all > the *.html.en files; but I'm reluctant to fiddle with something I don't > understand. Presumably there's a preprocessor that I haven't yet found > that will do this. > > Aside: every time I try to install an application ported from Linux I > run into documentation/installation problems. The Linux community seems > to have a mindset that reminds me of the Catholic church at the time of > the Protestant Reformation. There's an ongoing struggle between those > who believe that software should be accessible to everyone and those who > believe that only the priests should be allowed to read the manual. > -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:57:45 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: SCSI cards Hi, I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card installed in my new computer which works well with ECS 2.0 but WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time ago I bought an Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems would recognize it. However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a smaller 50 pin connector and not the larger 25 pin connector that the 2906 card has. Do all SCSI cards now have 50 pin connectors? If so, when did the change occur? BTW I still like ECS more than WIN 7. Now that I have ECS 2.0 set up I find it easier to use than WIN 7 and am dismayed that WIN 7 doesn't recognize my SCSI card or the on board sound. I also find the desktop much better and WIN 7's lack of file extensions is annoying. Regards, Alan Duval Regards, Alan Duval -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:10:56 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: SCSI cards Alan Duval wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card installed in my new computer which > works well with ECS 2.0 but WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time ago > I bought an Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems > would recognize it. However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a > smaller 50 pin connector and not the larger 25 pin connector that the > 2906 card has. Do all SCSI cards now have 50 pin connectors? If so, > when did the change occur? > > BTW I still like ECS more than WIN 7. Now that I have ECS 2.0 set up I > find it easier to use than WIN 7 and am dismayed that WIN 7 doesn't > recognize my SCSI card or the on board sound. I also find the desktop > much better and WIN 7's lack of file extensions is annoying. > > Regards, > > Alan Duval > > Regards, > > Alan Duval > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > Hi Alan, If you are using the 32 bit version, not the 64 bit version here are the Windows 7 drivers for your adaptec 2906: http://www.adaptec dot com/en-us/downloads/ms/ms_win_7/productid=ava-2906&dn=adaptec+scsi+card+2906.html -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:28:04 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: SCSI cards Ed Durrant wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card installed in my new computer which >> works well with ECS 2.0 but WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time >> ago I bought an Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems >> would recognize it. However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a >> smaller 50 pin connector and not the larger 25 pin connector that the >> 2906 card has. Do all SCSI cards now have 50 pin connectors? If so, >> when did the change occur? >> >> BTW I still like ECS more than WIN 7. Now that I have ECS 2.0 set up >> I find it easier to use than WIN 7 and am dismayed that WIN 7 doesn't >> recognize my SCSI card or the on board sound. I also find the desktop >> much better and WIN 7's lack of file extensions is annoying. >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan Duval >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan Duval >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >=== >> > Hi Alan, > > If you are using the 32 bit version, not the 64 bit version here are > the Windows 7 drivers for your adaptec 2906: > > http://www.adaptec dot com/en-us/downloads/ms/ms_win_7/productid=ava-2906&dn=adaptec+scsi+card+2906.html > > Forgot to say that there have been many SCSI connectors for many years. 25, 50, and more connectors and several different sizes. There are adapters for some of the adapters, but some are incompatible with each other. Hope fully going back to the old card and cable and adding the Windows 7 driver will fix the problem for you. -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:20:58 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: SCSI cards Ed Durrant wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card installed in my new computer which >> works well with ECS 2.0 but WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time >> ago I bought an Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems >> would recognize it. However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a >> smaller 50 pin connector and not the larger 25 pin connector that the >> 2906 card has. Do all SCSI cards now have 50 pin connectors? If so, >> when did the change occur? >> >> BTW I still like ECS more than WIN 7. Now that I have ECS 2.0 set up >> I find it easier to use than WIN 7 and am dismayed that WIN 7 doesn't >> recognize my SCSI card or the on board sound. I also find the desktop >> much better and WIN 7's lack of file extensions is annoying. >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan Duval >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan Duval >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >=== >> > Hi Alan, > > If you are using the 32 bit version, not the 64 bit version here are > the Windows 7 drivers for your adaptec 2906: > > http://www.adaptec dot com/en-us/downloads/ms/ms_win_7/productid=ava-2906&dn=adaptec+scsi+card+2906.html > > Unfortunately I am using the 64 bit WIN 7. My 32 bit version got scratched. Regards, Alan -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 19:24:27 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: SCSI cards > Hi, > > > I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card installed in my new computer which > works well with ECS 2.0 but WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time ago I > bought an Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems would > recognize it. However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a smaller 50 pin > connector and not the larger 25 pin connector that the 2906 card has. Do > all SCSI cards now have 50 pin connectors? If so, when did the change > occur? it's been high density 68 pin last I set up a SCSI system some details here: http://www.datapro dot net/techinfo/scsi_doc.html -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:47:32 +0100 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: SCSI cards Alan Duval ha scritto: > Hi, > > I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI Stone age .... no wonder you have had troubles after reinstalling eCS. > card installed in my new computer which works well with ECS 2.0 but > WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time ago I bought an Adaptec > AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems would recognize it. > However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a smaller 50 pin connector > and not the larger 25 pin connector that the 2906 card has. Get yourself out of trouble, install the AHA-2940 and look for an adapter 25 pins < --- > 50 pins. Of course you would have to look in specialized shops/internet shops, and these devices are rather pricy, but that would be better than messing around for ever, wouldn't it? -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:47:08 +1000 (EST) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: Boot Linux with Boot Manager On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:25:27 +1100, Alan Duval wrote: >I have not found an option as to where to install Grub or Grub2 for a >long time. I've been playing with a disk installed with ECS (New for me) booted with BM and a couple of weeks ago installed PCLinuxOS LXE and added it to BM menu and it dual boots a treat. Now if I can do it, anyone can. So just in case I misremembered I plugged in a clean drive and installed BM from DFsee. The closest distribution to what you used I had handy is Kubuntu 9.04. This is Ubuntu with KDE desktop by default and I doubt there would be much difference in the installer. Booted the live CD and when install starts it announces a 6 step setup. First 3 are pretty generic then at step 4 it's "Prep Disk Space". Here specify manual partition (advanced). As a minimum I create /, swap, /home. Step 5 is username - password setup. Step 6 is the crunch - Lots of Blah - install with following settings - warnings re data loss - list of partitions to be formatted. Hot to click install button? Where's Grub going to end up? Install from here will put it in the MBR, every time! Whazzat "Advanced" button bottom RH corner of the screen? Opens to advanced options, the main one being installing the boot loader in a partition of your choice. In this case it displays them thusly. /dev/sda /dev/sda1 BM /dev/sda5 / /dev/sda7 /home I indicated sda5 would do, away it went and enentually wanted a reboot. Booted DFSee and added sda5 to BM menu. Reboot hung, no BM. Started ECS install to stage of disk integrity check where it did it's "fingerprint" thing. Reboot - BM - Linux up and running. You can then tweak grub to show the Linux boot options or catch them with ESC key on the way through. I expect that DFSee has a function that would make using the ECS CD unnecessary - but a bit too arcane for me - prolly better to use the ECS disk entirely. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 10 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:09:23 +1000 (EST) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: SCSI cards On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:47:32 +0100, Kris Steenhaut wrote: >Alan Duval ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> I have an Adaptec 2906 SCSI >Stone age .... no wonder you have had troubles after reinstalling eCS. >> card installed in my new computer which works well with ECS 2.0 but >> WIN 7 has no drivers for it. Some time ago I bought an Adaptec >> AHA-2940 SCSI card thinking that both systems would recognize it. >> However I wasn't aware that it's adapter is a smaller 50 pin connector >> and not the larger 25 pin connector that the 2906 card has. >Get yourself out of trouble, install the AHA-2940 and look for an adapter 25 pins < --- > 50 pins. Of course you would have to look in specialized shops/internet shops, and these devices are rather pricy, but that would be better than messing around for ever, wouldn't it? > Recommend this outfit http://store.stsi dot com/External-Cables_c_2754.html allenpl >-- >Groeten uit Gent, > > Kris > > >-------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > > -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===