Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:14:44 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: 2.2pre1 crashes with partition check |
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Mike McQuade wrote: > 2.2pre1-ac2 CRASHED / OOPSes at the partition check as well. > > It attempts to check the partition on my /dev/sda drive (which is DOSfs, > FAT16),then crashes. Linux is on the /dev/hda drive, booting Linux > (bzImage) from Loadlin.
Same thing here... I traced it down to ide_xlate_1024 and applied this simple patch gets solves the problem for me.
--- virgin/drivers/block/ide.c Wed Dec 30 20:54:43 1998 +++ linux/drivers/block/ide.c Wed Dec 30 20:47:40 1998 @@ -2575,6 +2575,9 @@ unsigned long tracks; if ((drive = get_info_ptr(i_rdev)) == NULL || drive->forced_geom) { + /* bombs otherwise /axboe */ + if (drive == NULL) + return 0; /* * Update the current 3D drive values. */ > PS. Can someone tell me how to capture the OOPS info when the system > crashes hard like this at boot time ? That would be nice, I had to do it the hard ware (meaning paper and pencil :)
> Mike
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * "The only thing that interferes with my * learning is my education." -- A. Einstein
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