The Daves Collective

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62.3.104.161

Abit KR7A-RAID motherboard
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400 MHz CPU
512 Mb Crucial DDR PC2100 memory
NVidia Riva TNT2 32Mb video
Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 sound
Five HDDs, one CD-RW, one DVD-ROM
Serial port acts as console for rimbaud
Parallel port acts as network connection for libby using PLIP

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This is my power box. I built it from scratch at the end of 2001; the components all came from the Stratford and central London computer fairs. Its main uses are surfing, software building, graphics and storage.

Recently reverted from Linux 2.6.6 to 2.6.5, as I have several Maxtor disks that have a known misfeature in the cache flush firmware which causes apparently harmless but nevertheless scary errors in the new 2.6.6 IDE cache flush code.

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Motherboard

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Inside view

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Linux version 2.6.5 (d@dsds) (gcc version 3.3.3) #4 Wed May 19 12:37:06 BST 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
511MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 131056
  DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
  Normal zone: 126960 pages, LIFO batch:16
  HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
DMI 2.2 present.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 VIA694                                    ) @ 0x000f7080
ACPI: RSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x1fff3040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 VIA694 AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=curr ro root=306 SCHEME=default pci=biosirq video=vesa:scrollback=2048
Found and enabled local APIC!
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order 11: 16384 bytes)
Detected 1400.618 MHz processor.
Using tsc for high-res timesource
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Memory: 515684k/524224k available (1445k kernel code, 7776k reserved, 691k data, 148k init, 0k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay loop... 2760.70 BogoMIPS
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
CPU:     After generic identify, caps: 0183fbff c1c7fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU:     After vendor identify, caps: 0183fbff c1c7fbff 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
CPU:     After all inits, caps: 0183fbff c1c7fbff 00000000 00000020
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor stepping 04
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 1400.0399 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 266.0742 MHz.
NET: Registered protocol family 16
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb4d0, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger.
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even 'acpi=off'
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe4000000, mapped to 0xe0807000, size 16384k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=1
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:03c5
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Machine check exception polling timer started.
ikconfig 0.7 with /proc/config*
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1, 2 throttling states)
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (46 C)
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected VIA KT266/KY266x/KT333 chipset
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe181e000, 00:10:a7:08:57:05, IRQ 5
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B'
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:11.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci0000:00:11.1
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xcc00-0xcc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xcc08-0xcc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: ST34321A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: LITEON DVD-ROM LTD122, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Using anticipatory io scheduler
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hdc: IRQ probe failed (0xffffbcfa)
hdc: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W2410A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: WDC AC26400R, ATA DISK drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
HPT372: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:13.0
HPT372: chipset revision 5
HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
HPT372: 100% native mode on irq 10
    ide2: BM-DMA at 0xec00-0xec07, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
    ide3: BM-DMA at 0xec08-0xec0f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:pio
hde: Maxtor 91361U3, ATA DISK drive
hdf: MAXTOR 6L080J4, ATA DISK drive
ide2 at 0xdc00-0xdc07,0xe002 on irq 10
hdg: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
ide3 at 0xe400-0xe407,0xe802 on irq 10
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 8404830 sectors (4303 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=8894/15/63, UDMA(33)
 hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
hdd: max request size: 128KiB
hdd: 12594960 sectors (6448 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=13328/15/63, UDMA(33)
 hdd: hdd1 hdd2
hde: max request size: 128KiB
hde: 26588016 sectors (13613 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=26377/16/63, UDMA(66)
 hde: hde1 < hde5 hde6 >
hdf: max request size: 128KiB
hdf: 156355584 sectors (80054 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(133)
 hdf: hdf1 < hdf5 hdf6 >
hdg: max request size: 128KiB
hdg: 240121728 sectors (122942 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(133)
 hdg: hdg1 < hdg5 hdg6 >
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: PC Speaker
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 160 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
NET: Registered protocol family 1
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 148k freed
EXT3 FS on hda6, internal journal
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs
drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.2: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.2: irq 11, io base 0000d000
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2)
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.3: irq 11, io base 0000d400
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.4: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#3)
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.4: irq 11, io base 0000d800
uhci_hcd 0000:00:11.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
hdb: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 4096kB Cache, UDMA(33)
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.5
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)]
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 6 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
i2c /dev entries driver
Adding 992208k swap on /dev/hda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1
Adding 1032372k swap on /dev/hdd1.  Priority:-2 extents:1
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda7, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hde5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hde6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdf5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdf6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdg5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdg6, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
NET3 PLIP version 2.4-parport gniibe@mri.co.jp
plip0: Parallel port at 0x378, using IRQ 7.
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1

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