Hi,
we have the same problem here, with 2.6.22-3-686. The kernel from stable
(2.6.18-6-686) just works fine. Seems like a bug introduced in a later
version.
I attach the info requested:
* cat /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/ida/c0d0p2 ro
* cat /proc/modules
ide_generic 1216 0 [permanent], Live 0xf884d000
ide_cd 36416 0 - Live 0xf9901000
cdrom 32832 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf990c000
ata_generic 7556 0 - Live 0xf881600
libata 115984 1 ata_generic, Live 0xf88a5000
generic 4836 0 [permanent], Live 0xf884a000
aic7xxx 156856 - Live 0xf9934000
tg3 100260 0 - Live 0xf88e
serverworks 7528 0 [permanent], Live 0xf882
ide_core 113764 4 ide_generic,ide_cd,generic,serverworks, Live 0xf88c3000
e100 33644 0 - Live 0xf8851000
mii 5280 1 e100, Live 0xf8842000
floppy 54884 0 - Live 0xf889600
cpqarray 20004 0 - Live 0xf883c000
sym53c8xx 68116 0 - Live 0xf8884000
scsi_transport_spi 23072 2 aic7xxx,sym53c8xx, Live 0xf883500
scsi_mod 136620 4 libata,aic7xxx,sym53c8xx,scsi_transport_spi, Live 0xf8861000
thermal 13416 0 - Live 0xf883
processor 31176 1 thermal, Live 0xf8827000
fan 4836 0 - Live 0xf8819000
* ls -l /dev/ida
brw-rw 1 0 0 72, 0 Feb 20 22:45 c0d0
* cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# file system mount point type options dump pass
proc/proc procdefaults0 0
/dev/ida/c0d0p2 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/ida/c0d0p1 /boot ext3defaults0 2
/dev/ida/c0d0p5 /home xfs defaults0 2
/dev/ida/c0d0p7 /tmpext3defaults0 2
/dev/ida/c0d0p6 /varxfs defaults0 2
/dev/ida/c0d0p3 noneswapsw 0 0
/dev/hda/media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto 0 0
* dpkg -l grub
ii grub 0.97-28GRand Unified Bootloader
* dpkg -l udev
ii udev 0.114-2/dev/ and hotplug management daemon
* dpkg -l initramfs-tools
ii initramfs-tool 0.90a tools for generating an initramfs
* lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort-
TAbort- MAbort+ SERR- PERR-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 05)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort-
TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
00:01.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C1510 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Array Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort-
TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR-
Latency: 192 (7500ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 185
Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at c500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 2: Memory at c400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 5010 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
(rev 08)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation NC3163 Fast Ethernet NIC
(embedded, WOL)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort-
TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR-
Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 201
Region 0: Memory at c3fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 2400 [size=64]
Region 2: Memory at c3e0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 5000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC 215IIC
[Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 7a) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage IIC
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+