From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199908271827.UAA00377@piglet.cpu.lu> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:27:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Michel Lanners Reply-To: mlan@cpu.lu Subject: Re: IBM 850 LinuxPPC installation? To: hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 24 Aug, this message from Hollis R Blanchard echoed through cyberspace: > I've gotten a kernel compiled (and it boots!) with ethernet ("Lance") support. > It also has IDE disk and cdrom support (which makes installing to a hard disk > much easier). Unfortunately, I've run into a problem - the kernel hangs on > Partition check: > hda: I have this exact same problem with _some_ disks on my Promise PCI adapter. My Maxtor drive works, a 32x CDRom worked as well, but a Seagate and a Quantum both hung the box. I haven't found the problem; but it might be related to timings on the interface, so that some disks might work, and others not. > Here's the IDE info I get before it hangs: > hda: DPEA-31080, ATA DISK drive > hda: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdb: DSAA-3720, ATA DISK drive > hdb: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdc: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdc: IRQ probe failed (0) > hdc: no response (status = 0xd1), resetting drive > hdc: no response (status =0x80) This means the driver is not able to acces the controller for ide1. That might be a problem with the IO-port addresses. Also, you might want to try patching your kernel with Andre Hedrick's multi-platform uniform IDE driver (look at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/). You _might_ need additional patches to get it to boot; if so, get back to me, and I'll produce a diff against my working kernel. Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email mlan@cpu.lu | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]