boot fails: "hde: Probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS"

Jack Kern (jkern@klis.com)
Tue, 26 May 1998 10:07:35 -0300


Everything works with kernel 2.0.30. Trying to move from 2.0.30 to
2.0.32:

Kernel 2.0.32 (either custom compiled or from the Debian kernel-image
package) fails to boot hamm system. Reboot occurs after line b:

a hda: ST3491A, 408MB w/120kB Cache, LBA, CHS=899/15/62
b hde: Probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS

The system has only one drive and is AFAIK indicated correctly by line
a.

Booting with kernel 2.0.30 line b looks like this:

ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14

After reading "/usr/doc/kernel-doc-2.0.32/Documentation/ide.txt.gz" I
have tried command line parameters at the lilo prompt including the
"last resort", linux hda=slow, as well as variations of hda= and ide0=
based on the data from the kernel 2.0.30 demsg but the system reboots
exactly the same way with any parameters.

I don't claim to understand "ide.txt.gz". Anyhow, the data from kernel
2.0.30 demsg may give a clue to the problem: It appears that
the"0x1f0-0x1f7" in kernel 2.0.30 demsg "ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on
irq 14" may be ambiguous since the normal address for ide0 is 0x1f0
according to "ide.txt.gz".

The machine (cpu: AMD 386sx/slx-25) as reported by MSDOS MSD.COM

Computer Name: Tandy
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix
BIOS Version: DeskTop VGA BIOS (340-005-11-Rev1.00) Version
80386 ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10
BIOS Category: IBM PC/AT
BIOS ID Bytes: FC 01 00
BIOS Date: 05/13/92
Processor: 80386
Math Coprocessor: None
Keyboard: Enhanced
Bus Type: ISA/AT/Classic Bus
DMA Controller: Yes
Cascaded IRQ2: Yes
BIOS Data Segment: None

Is there a way to get >kernel 2.0.30 to work with this system?

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  jkern@klis.com   Jack Kern   Yarmouth, Nova Scotia   Debian GNU/Linux 2.0

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