Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:24:11 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2 Boot problems |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Bill C Riemers wrote:
> Exactly. Which is why I only posted a link. Although, I notice the > latest versions of Netscape seem to download everything the link refers > to without a click. Sort of defeats the whole purpose of selecting > "send as link". I guess the moral of the story is just to manually type > the URL and not use Netscape's "send as link" feature anymore. > > > Looks like the problem is pointing tward an IDE controller on a PCI > > bus?? 00 dev 39 ?? > > then goes on with the ide 0 and ide 1 = to hda and hdc pio ???? p input > > /output? > > what did you change? or add? hardware? move your cabeling? > > When. After I bought the machine. Of course. The machine has one hard > drive from my old computer, a SCSI/Fireware card, and an Eathernet card > all of which didn't come with the computer. The hard drive I put in had > my old kernel on it. Which is why I know that Linux detects the > correct amount of memory on the machine with the older kernels, even though > the machine is newer than the kernels that detect the right amount of > memory. > > For the most part, besides the memory detection problem, I have never > had any problems booting a 2.0.X kernel on this machine. However, > the 2.2.X kernels and 2.1.X kernels have all exhibited the problem > of loading PIIX drivers, and then freezing. That is true whether
There are NO "PIIX drivers" in 2.2.X, I mean no chipset code.
> I compile my own kernel, or I use pre compiled kernels like SuSE's boot > floppies, or the floppies on their web site. My guess is if there was > a way to disable the PIIX driver, my machine would boot normally with > the 2.2.X kernels. But I haven't found any option to do that.
Try passing "ide0=noprobe ide1=noprobe"
> > are you saying you only redid a kernel and this is the outcome? > > everything looks fine till the above mentioned error > > is this a new setup? > > Nope, same setup I have been using. I just keep trying the 2.2 kernel > periodically in hopes one of them will work. Mainly because I want to > try the experimental USB support, and I've seen patches for FireWare > support that I want to try.
You really should check to see if your BIOS correctly setup the PIIX/USB.
> What I'm planning on trying next if nobody has any better suggestions is > manually hacking the kernel to disable the PIIX driver, and see what > happens.
Tell us what you rip apart and why. For the record, Mark is "The Former-Linux IDE guy" bestowing me the task.
Now which "PIIX" is the problem??? PIIXa-PIIXb-PIIX3-PIIX4
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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