Bug 65737
| Summary: | Disk 1 of install set fails to boot with promise UDMA100 controller | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Andrew Meredith <andrew> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Dave Jones <davej> |
| Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.3 | CC: | andrew, pcfe, pfrields |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | athlon | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2004-05-27 14:07:27 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Andrew Meredith
2002-05-30 23:14:16 UTC
Any idea if typing linux ide=nodma on the syslinux prompt works around the hang ? It works here with the following # lspci|grep -i promise 00:06.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20265 (rev 02) # pcitweak -l 2>&1|grep 00:06.0 PCI: 00:06:0: chip 105a,0d30 card 1043,8042 rev 02 class 01,80,00 hdr 00 [root@morn root]# more /proc/ide/hd*/model :::::::::::::: /proc/ide/hdc/model :::::::::::::: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1612 :::::::::::::: /proc/ide/hde/model :::::::::::::: IC35L040AVER07-0 :::::::::::::: /proc/ide/hdg/model :::::::::::::: IC35L040AVER07-0 Promise controller here is also not in RAID mode (via jumper). FWIW, it's the on-board Promise of an Asus A7V266-E. Bootet fine with SysAdmin Survival CD, CD1 and Professional DVD forgot to mention; 'it booted fine' means using the ide=nodma kernel option was not necessary Have just checked using disk 1 with: linux ide=nodma rescue .. and it gets past the hde partition check and appears to work from there on. I have not done anything with hde or hdg that involves a write operation though. The motherboard is an Asus A7V .. I think ... do you need me to get the case open and find out exactly what it is, or will the pcitweak output be enough? Does this help ?
courtesy of dmidecode:
BIOS Information Block
Vendor: Award Software, Inc.
Version: ASUS A7V ACPI BIOS Revision 1010A
Release: 03/19/2002
BIOS base: 0xF0000
ROM size: 192K
Capabilities:
Flags: 0x000000007FCBDE80
Ok, we are talking about two different motherboards, I've put off the
OpeningOfTheMachine(TM) fo far, so no board revision yet.
No idea why the Promise controller shows as diabled, it's definitely enabled
(root fs is on a HD on that controller)
Handle 0x0000
DMI type 0, 20 bytes.
BIOS Information Block
Vendor: Award Software, Inc.
Version: ASUS A7V266-E ACPI BIOS Rev 1007
Release: 03/12/2002
BIOS base: 0xF0000
ROM size: 192K
Capabilities:
Flags: 0x000000007FCBDE80
[...]
Handle 0x0024
DMI type 10, 6 bytes.
On Board Devices Information
Description: Promise PDC20265 : Disabled
Type:
Mine too ... Handle 0x0022 DMI type 10, 6 bytes. On Board Devices Information Description: Promise PDC20265 : Disabled More or less the same problem here with rh9: 02:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20276 IDE (rev 01) fdisk -l hangs the console, not the box :( |