From: Jeremy Jackson <jerj@coplanar.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter.Havens@Level3.com
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra100 IDE PDC20265 chip problem
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:28:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A9DC1CF.1A302EC9@coplanar.net> (raw)
Peter.Havens@Level3.com wrote:
> (I am not subscribed to this list, if it is in fact a list. Please CC
any
> replies to me directly - Thanks)
>
> I am attempting to install the new beta release of Red Hat (fisher) on
my
> home computer. It has an Asus A7V motherboard and a Promise Ultra100
IDE
> controller (PDC20265 chip), with two partitions. Windows ME is
installed in
> the first partition. The second one is where I'm attempting to install
Red
> Hat.
>
> In previous releases of the Linux kernel, my hard drive was not seen
at all.
> I could go all the way up to the point in the Red Hat installation
where it
> wanted to do disk geometry, and then said that I didn't have any mass
media
> device. Searching through various mail archives lead me to believe the
> culprit was the PDC20265 controller chip and the fact that it was too
new to
> be recognized.
>
> In the new kernel 2.4.0 (and thereby the fisher release of Red Hat), I
now
> see the error below printed out to the console when booting from the
Red Hat
> installation floppy. After the error is printed out, my computer
hangs. I
> apologize in advance if this is not a Linux kernel issue, and
appreciate any
> help that can be provided.
>
> --Pete
>
> [snip]
>
> PDC 20265: chipset revision 2
> PDC 20265: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>
> [snip]
>
> Partition Check:
> hde: [PTBL] [1826/255/63] hde1 hde2 < hde5hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hde: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=32885055,
sector=0
> hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>
> [last repeats 3-4 times]
>
> hde: DMA disabled
>
this looks like a sign that the kernel you're using is configured to try
to use
harddisk DMA right at boot. That *could* cause problems in rare cases.
SectorIdNotFound looks like a bad sector on the harddisk though.
looks like you can't get into linux at all... try scandisk from windows
on Thorough setting (have to format linux partition as fat32 first).
next reply other threads:[~2001-03-01 3:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-01 3:28 Jeremy Jackson [this message]
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2001-02-27 22:50 Promise Ultra100 IDE PDC20265 chip problem Peter.Havens
2001-02-27 23:13 ` Richard B. Johnson
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