From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net>
To: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problems booting PDC20276 with new IDE setup code.
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 04:34:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E90E3C5.80109@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304070201420.8701-100000@sharra.ivimey.org>
Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> Since 2.4.20 I have not been able to boot Linux using more recent kernels
> (tried 21-pre3, -pre6).
>
> The problem is that my /home is on a raid5 disks array connected to a PDC20276
> motherboard-mounted controller. The BIOS boots and detects all 4 disks, and
> then enables IDE Master mode, as expetced. The kernel in 2.4.20 then uses the
> disks in IDE master mode, but the pre3 and pre6 kernels say the BIOS hasn't
> enabled the controller.
Could you please try 2.4.21-pre7 (this has another batch of IDE updates)
and enable the option
"Special FastTrak Feature"?
In your .config, the option would be
CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y
and report back to the list?
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
--
http://www.hailfinger.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-07 2:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-07 1:13 Problems booting PDC20276 with new IDE setup code Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2003-04-07 2:34 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger [this message]
2003-04-07 13:16 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2003-04-07 14:28 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2003-04-07 20:43 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2003-04-07 21:20 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2003-04-07 21:44 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
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