I'm finally trying to install Linux on my computer, and chose to use
Mandrake. Once I got the CD's burned from the CD images, I tried
rebooting. It starts, but then hangs up soon after. I believe it's
related to my hard drive, but I don't know (system specs at bottom). Here's
the last part of the output:
<output>
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
ide: Assuming 33 MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with ide
bus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: chipset revision 1
PIIX4: not 11% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1408-0x140f, BIOS settings: hdc: DMA, hdd: pio
PDC20262: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 70
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0e.0
PDC20262: chipset revision 1
PDC20262: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC20262: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode
ide2: BM-DMA at 0x1080-0x1087, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf: pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0x1088-0x108f, BIOS settings: hdg: pio hdh: pio
hdc: LG CD-RW CED-8080B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hde: QUANTUM FIREBALL Lm30.0, ATA DISK drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15
ide2 at 0x1420-0x1427, 0x1416 on irq10
</output>
At this point, it freezes. The cursor that's usually there disappears,
never reappears, and my computer just stares at me.
To get past the freezing, I tried:
"boot: linux mem=128M ide2=0x1420,0x1427,10". The first I/O Range listed
in my Windows system configuration is "0x1420-0x1427", the second one is
"0x1414-0x1418", which includes the third number on the last line of the
output, 0x1416. I have no idea what that third number means in Linux's
output
However, then it has reading issues because it can't read the drive.
Here's what it says now:
<output>
ide2: reset: success
hde: set_geometry_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hde: set_geometry_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
hde: recal_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hde: recal_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
hde: recal_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hde: recal_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
hde: read_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hde: read_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
end request: I/O error, dev 22:00 (hde), sector 0
unable to read partition table
RAMDISK Compressed image found at block 0
...
</output>
>From there, it goes on and keeps loading. I get to the install screen,
select the language, say it's a non-SCSI drive, etc. It goes through the
first part of the installation. The first time it has to read the
harddrive (right after choosing the SCSI/non-SCSI drive, I believe), it
freezes and comes back with the error: "test_for_bad_drives: can't even
read (Input/output error)"
I know this is related to my drive again, but I can't figure out how to
configure it to get it working. If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it.
If anyone could even interpret some of this stuff, such as what all
these messages mean in my output, I'd greatly appreciate it.
ide1 looks like it's my Secondary IDE Controller (which my CD-RW is on),
since the two addresses match what Windows tells me they are.
What's wierd, though is that the Intel 82371 AB/EB PCI Bus Master that I
have has the same addresses as the Secondary IDE Controler, except the
0x1408-0x140f in the first line starting with ide is 0x1400-0x140f (the PCI
Bus master has the 0x1400-0x140f address instead of 0x1408-0x140f address).
The PCI Bus Master is listed under Hard Disk Controlers in my System
properties in Windows. I don't know if this means anything.
ide2 seems to be my Promise Technology Ultra66 IDE Controller. The I/O
Ranges for the ide2 & IRQ value seem to be right.
Computer Specs:
Dell Dimension XPS 800T
Pentium III 800 MHz
30 GB Quantum Harddrive
Promise Technology Ultra66 IDE Controller
SCSI-like controller (other people have used it with Linux)
IRQ: 10
I/O Range: 0x1420-0x1427, 0x1414-0x1417, 0x1418-0x141F, 0x1410-0x1413,
0x1080-0x10BF
Intel 82371 AB/EB PCI Bus Master
IRQ: 15
I/O Range: 0x0170-0x0177,0x0376-0x0376, 0x1400-0x140F
Secondary IDE Controller:
IRQ: 15
I/O Range: 0x0170-0x0177, 0x0376-0x0376, 0x1408-0x140F
2 Built-in USB ports (1 4-port hub connected and 1 printer)
USB hub has Mouse, Keyboard, HandSpring Cradle
NVDIA GeForce 256 AGP Video Card (32MB memory)
3COM EtherLink 10/100 PCI
IRQ: 11
If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it. If you need more information, I
can try and get it. Thanks!
--
Nathan Owens
Georgia Tech, Atlanta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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