> > On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Matthias L Jugel wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > we've got a new computer with the following hardware:
> > >
> > > MS-5169 Motherboard, AL9 Ver: 2 (newest BIOS)
> > > AMD-K6-II CPU, 128MB RAM
> > > IBM DHEA 36481 (6.4 GB HD)
> > > TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6202
> > >
> > > Now, I am having trouble getting Linux to install, because the
> > > system hangs after a while with
> > >
> > > hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
>
>
> > I get this same problem with a cyrix 6x86MX-PR200, SiS 5577 Chipset mobo.
> > I have a 3.4gb drive on the on-board ide, and a 4.3 on a Promise UDMA
> > controller. I only get this error at boot, and only from the drive that
> > is on the onboard controller. (I have to have a drive on this controller
> > since it also has BeOS on it, if you were wondering.)
>
>
> I've had similar problems with an ASUS SP98 AGP-X board (SiS5591). The funny thing was that
> win95/98 and winNT had no problems while Linux and MS-DOS5.0 had. After moving the harddisk to the
> secondary controller (hdc) and the CD-ROM to the first (hda) the problems vanished and all works
> fine including UDMA with the Jumbo-Patch (2.0.35)
>
>
Funny thing is, that is my exact configuration. ;)
hda = cdrom
hdc = linux
hde = win95 (promise controller)
although, with the latest jumbo patch- i no longer get this error.
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