Bug 49174

Summary: dma: anaconda stops after /sbin/loader (CRD-8400B)
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: giulioo
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description giulioo 2001-07-16 15:29:18 UTC 
Description of problem:
anaconda stops after /sbin/loader. I tried: nofb, text, text updates
all the same, after /sbin/loader a blue screen comes up and all stops 
there.

How reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot the cd
Actual Results:  Hang after /sbin/loader
Expected Results:  Go on with install

Additional info:
Hardware: http://www.beta.redhat.com/betahardware.cgi?action=form&id=6
with a cdrom in place of cdrw, as cdrw cannot cope with the kind of media 
the beta cds are made with.
HD=hda, cdrom=hdb, on the same 80 wires ata cable

errors:
ALT-FX, CTRL+ALT-FX do not work deterministically, but after playing for 
sometime the vt screen came up: 
"...
timeout waiting for dma
blah blah dma supported_func: 14
..."
Don't remember exactly the message because I rebooted and could not make 
the vt screen to appear anymore.

cdrom model as shown by BIOS boot-up screen: CRD-8400B

BTW, the cdrw model is PCRW804
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-07-16 16:10:31 UTC 
Brent is this a candidate for the nodma option?
Comment 2 Glen Foster 2001-07-16 18:55:48 UTC 
This defect considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax gold-release.
Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2001-07-18 09:42:08 UTC 
CRD-8400B has recently been added to the "known bad DMA list", you
can force this by using "ide=nodma" on the commandline.
Comment 4 Arjan van de Ven 2001-08-07 21:34:29 UTC 
Closing as "fixed in rawhide" as the entry is now in the rawhide kernel.