Sounds like your hardware doesn't correctly support DMA or bus mastering,
could be chipset BIOS or drive while the BIOS is reporting that the IDE
channel and drive are DMA capable. If your BIOS allows you to disable DMA,
then that might be the simplest option, otherwise you can disable DMA during
the install:
Boot from the CD, then, at the boot prompt type
linux ide=nodma .
This may get you past the install stage. You may need to add something like:
hdparm -d0 /dev/hda
to:
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
to disable dma on startup (or recompile the kernel).
Once you are up and running you might want to investigate why your hardware
doesn't support DMA reliably. Check for BIOS updates or known problems with
your M/B/chipset/ BIOS and drive. Check what DMA mode it is attempting to
use. The quantum bigfoot supposedly supports ATA-33 (UDMA mode 2, I
believe).
Hope this helps
> Hi,
> I am now at home in Taupo working to get my RH7.1 box up and
> running for DSL
> however I have run into a problem. I run the installer off the CD (I
> downloaded the iso image off sagan.phys.... from a UoC Network
> jackpoint and
> burnt the disk) The problem I am having is, after diskdruid and selecting
> packages it then starts on its merry way by attempting to format the newly
> created paritions however It takes 20 mins to format 800 MB and when I go
> [Alt + F4] I get repeating messages as below,
> --------------
> <4>hda:timeout waiting for DMA
> <4>ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout funct only:14
> <4>hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
> --------------
> Disk: 4.3GB Quantum Bigfoot
> 6.1 /var/log/messages reports it as a "Quantum Bigfoot_CY4320A, ATA Disk"
> I bought it in March 1998
>
> So I thought well the disk may be screwed, (I have just driven
> from Chch to
> Taupo with the machine in the boot) so I got out my RH6.1 Cartman CD (also
> from an iso image off sagan) and it installed just great no
> hardware changes
> at all. I am stumped,
>
> 1. Is my RH7.1 CD stuffed? How can I determine this
> 2. Is there a parameter I need to pass the installer to tell it something
> about my drive.
>
> Does anyone here have some wisdom they would like to share about
> experiences
> similar?
> Has anyone here succesfully installed 7.1 from the iso's on sagan.phys?
> If I send someone a stamped return adressed envelope (containing a blank
> disc) can you burn me a new copy and drop it into the post? (I am in the
> land of 56K hell for the time being, which in Taupo is 32,100Kb/s not the
> 49,000Kb/s I enjoy in Chch)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Carey.
>
>
