Re: Partition check issue (againandagain??)

From: Andries Brouwer (aebr@win.tue.nl)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 10:31:40 EST


On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:31:52AM +0200, Orm Finnendahl wrote:

> Notebook with Ali15x3 Chipset, revision 195 (C3) and experience a
> freeze upon bootup at the partition check.
>
> Kernel version <= 2.4.18 works fine on my laptop (including dma), all
> kernels > 2.4.18 lock up at boot.
>
> The partition check line shows:
>
> Partition check:
> hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <
>
> before it freezes.
>
> With the working 2.4.18 kernel the line shows:
>
> Partition check:
> hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5 hda6>

This sounds like your kernel succeeds in reading sector 0
but fails to read the starting sector of the extended partition.
An IDE problem, I suppose.

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