On 13/09/2007, Michal Suchanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > (please CC me when replying) > > I tried booting a livecd (2.6.21 Debian kernel) on several systems > with Intel 440BX chipset and a Sony CD-ROM. I got some DMA error and > the system froze for about half a minute while reseting the ide > interface. It then disabled DMA and proceedded booting. Replacing with > a different brand unit fixed the problem. > Attaching dmesg from the affected system.
Looks like the kernel won't continue booting unless a key is pressed, at least in some cases. Scary. Linux debian-live 2.6.21-2-486 #1 Wed Jul 11 03:17:09 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0f.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 536EP Data Fax Modem 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPO Etherlink XL [Cyclone] (rev 04) 00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) Thanks Michal
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