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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Installation CD boot failure
From:       Alexandros Karypidis <karypid () inf ! uth ! gr>
Date:       2002-12-08 20:00:14
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Greetings again,

I was desperate when I posted this message that I started fidling around with 
everything. The problem was resolved when I ENABLED the on-board audio 
adapter (AC'97) which was previously disabled. I don't know how that affects 
the IDE controller but...

Ironically, while 8.1 and Debian now boot happily, 8.0 no longer boots. But I 
guess it doesn't matter...

On Sunday 08 December 2002 21:44, Alexandros Karypidis wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a QDI Kinetiz 7E-A motherboard with a vt82c686b VIA IDE controller.
>
> The installation CD for SuSE 8.1 hangs when initializing the controller.
> The last messages I get from the kernel are:
>
> [...]
> VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
> VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci:00:07.1
>         ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
>         ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
>
> I have tried disabling UDMA in the BIOS, booting with safe settings, using
> options such as "nodma" and "noautotune" as well as disconnecting the
> DVD/CD-RW and leaving only the HDD online. Nothing works.
>
> As a side note, the same thing happens when I try booting the system with
> Debian woody (both 2.2 and 2.4 kernels).
>
> Ironically, the system has had SuSE 8.0 installed and working fine for many
> months and will happily boot from the SuSE 8.0 installation CD.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong? What are the differences
> among the 8.0 and 8.1 kernel configurations? Is there a way to upgrade
> using the 8.0 kernel?

-- 
To err is human, but to forgive is beyond the scope of the Operating System...

Αλέξανδρος Καρυπίδης
Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας
Τμήμα Μηχ/κών Η/Υ, Τηλεπικοινωνιών & Δικτύων

Alexandros Karypidis
University of Thessaly
Computer & Communications Engineering dept.


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