On Monday 28 May 2001 12:19, Nathan Owens wrote:
> 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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