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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 08:57:58 -0800
Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 07:33, Spider wrote:
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> > On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 05:59:12 -0800
> > Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >    Is there any simple way to instruct the kernel to limit its
> > >    boot
> > >    time search for hard drives to /dev/hda through /dev/hde? I end
> > >    up
> > >    with  long delay while it waits for no response on the second
> > >    channel of the  second controller.
> > 
> > 
> > add this to the commandline for your kernel :
> > hdb=ignore hdc=ignore hdd=ignore hdf=ignore
> > 
> > after the kernel line in grub, or as append=""   in lilo
> > 
> > //Spider
> > 
> Humm...I still get a long delay as the boot comes back saying:
> 
> hde: ST380023AS, ATA DISK drive
> blk: queue c0385a68, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> 
> A long delay of about 30-45 seconds here, then:
> 
> hdg: no response (status = 0xfe)


then add hdg=ignore, as well.


//Spider


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