Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stuart Inglis" <> | Subject | RE: Upgraded from 2.2.5 (RH6) to 2.3.18---ATAPI CD-ROM freezes machine while booting | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:17:53 +1200 |
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> I suppose I know what causes the bug in 2.2.5, namely our > old enemy probe_cmos_for_drives(). > This has always been a strange, buggy routine, but long ago > it bit fewer people, because not so many people had both IDE > and SCSI on one machine. > > Please try to disable probe_cmos_for_drives() > (by replacing the #ifdef __i386__ at the start by #if 0). > and report on whether 2.2.5 and 2.3.18 show improvement.
I don't have the source to 2.2.5 handy and since 2.3.18 is the only one crashing I made the change you suggested in 2.3.18. Unfortunately it made no difference and the boot process halts at the same place.
cheers Stuart
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