Re: 2.4 kernels - "attempt to access beyond end of device"

Petr Vandrovec
2001-02-28T23:11:25Z

On 28 Feb 01 at 15:47, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> > > I have more checks to make before I will be fully satisfied but
> > > this looks like it.
> > ...
> > > System Performance Setting [Optimal, Normal]
> > ...
> >
> > Try BIOS 1006. AFAIK 1005D changed some VIA values for 'optimal'.
>
> Is that important here? IDE drives in question were not connected to
> on-board controller but the Promise one. Results seem to indicate
> that this 'optimal' was important here anyway.

VIA host-bridge, not VIA-IDE... It is important even if you use Promise
only - look back through archives, there must be something really wrong
with this motherboard.

> > And 1006 contains newer Promise BIOS - but I did not notice any difference:
> > Windows98 still do not boot if I connect harddisk to /dev/hdh :-(
>
> There is at this moment Windows98 installation on /dev/hde1 and it boots
> so far. It got installed and it was booting regardless with these
> "other" BIOS seetings.

Connect UDMA2 CDROM to hda and UDMA2 IDE to hdg. And then look how Win98
lockup after they print 'Starting Win98...'. But that's offtopic for
linux-kernel.
Best regards,
Petr Vandrovec
vandrove@vc.cvut.cz