[Dxspider-support] DRSI + DXSpider + Linux kernel 2.4.20 works

[roffe]

Thanks you very much for your answer back with "much stuff to do"

73 Rolf

SM2MZC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simo Pätäri" <simo.patari at omnitele.fi>
To: "DXSpider Support" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 12:52 PM
Subject: [Dxspider-support] DRSI + DXSpider + Linux kernel 2.4.20 works


>
> Hi,
>
> Someone asked sometime ago if DRSI works under Linux. I got it working
with
> the following setup and decided to send my setup to let anyone interested
to
> know that DRSI works at least with the following versions. I know this is
> not really DXSpider issue, but as many cluster nodes still run DRSI you
guys
> are the right audience for this information. We run old DOS-based
> PacketCluster for ages with DRSIs and now I have replaced the old system
> with DXSpider on Linux. I must say I am impressed about the performance,
> stability and the possibility to tailor the system extensively!
>
> The setup of OH2RBG:
>
> - The first distribution was Red Hat 7.3, which I upgraded to 8.0.
> - Fluxbox, quick Window manager
> - Kernel is 2.4.20, I compiled it to support ax25-stuff
> - ax25-apps-0.0.6.tar.gz
> - ax25-tools-0.0.8.tar.gz
> - libax25-0.0.11.tar.gz
> - One DRSI PCPAT2 for 2m and 70cm
> - One DRSI PCPAT1 fro 23cm
> - z8530drv-utils-3.0-357.i586.rpm (for Suse, but I managed to install it:
> rpm
>   -i -f --nosignature --ignoreos, so to say dirty forcing)
> - last but not least: DXspider!
> - Pentium II 267MHz, 2 GB hard drive, 256 MB memory.
>
> The z8530.conf file is the default. The cluster has been up for weeks
> without any crashes or problems.
>
> The 2.4.20 kernel documents say that you need 3.0.3 version of the z8530
> utils, but I could not find the sources anywhere in the Net, so I tried
> forced installing of the SuSe rpm, which obviously is based on the 3.0.3
> sources, and it seems to work.
>
> Soon we get WLAN and can connect the cluster around the world. Also, net
> login will be switched on.
>
> 73 de Simo OH2LRE
> SYSOP of OH2RBG
> oh2lre at sral dot fi
>
>
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