On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:44:13 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> John Clarke wrote:
> >
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>
> I've seen that many times with non-smp kernels but never to the extent
> of causing a lockup.
The non-smp kernel seems far less prone to lockup than the smp kernel.
> Are you able to disable DMA in the BIOS?
No, unfortunately. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
John
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