Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 05 Jan 1999 19:04:08 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: ASUS CD ROM 340 & 2.1.129+ dont work but work fine with 2.0.35+ |
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Davidovac Zoran wrote: > > I tested if I can boot with 2.2.0-pre4 without and with your patch. > Stil don't boot after detecting drives it is repeating... > hdc: lost interrupt > hdc: cdrom_pc_inr: the drive apppears confused (ireason= 0x 1)
> BUT I also found NEW WORKAROUND :) > it works like this: > I turn ON computer and I FIRST boot in 2.0.36 and > then I reboot in 2.2.0-pre4 and it boot fine !!! > I can then (re)boot fine in 2.2.0-pre4 > UNTIL I do not turn OFF my computer > > That is very strange and I did one more test > I turn off my computer ; and back turned on > boot in 2.0.36 ctrl+alt+del then del ( to enter bios setup ) > then I disconected power from my cdrom only (on live ; I know it is dangerous ) > after 30 minutes I reconected power back to cd rom > went out of bios setup and I boot fine in 2.2.0-pre4. > > Now I do not think that problem is with cdrom any more, > so I now have reasonable doubt that the problem > is somewhere in motherboard chipset initialization :(
More likely the ide probing - in that case, it wouldn't be the first victim.
-- * 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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