Description of problem: I can not RESTART my Linux (by using neither GUI Restart nor command init 6 ). When I attempt the RESTART, the system shutdowns normally until it's ready to start, then I get the following message: NO IDE Fixed disk present. So, I would go into BIOS and then exit. This way, the IDE hard drive is detected and the system would boot normally. Everything is normal (BIOS H/W config remains unchanged) when I restart from Windows or when I shutdown from Linux and then start the computer. I checked the cable and it looked OK. Also, I plugged in my backup hard drive (one month old backup) and I experienced the same problem. Both hard drives are Seagate 120 GB and are 1 - 2 year old. I had recently re-formatted both disks and I had no problem during format and during backups. Furthermore, I have replaced the CMOS Battery and I still have the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 How reproducible: Every time to restart (reboot) the computer. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Gnome menu : System/Shut Down/Restart 2.Terminal window: init 6 3. Actual results: The system shutdowns normally until it's ready to start, then I get the following message: NO IDE Fixed disk present. Expected results: The computer system to shutdown and then start. Additional info: I have discussed this issue on Fedora Forum and the details are in the following thread: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=123169
I have had a similar problem on my machine: ECS NForce3-A (Socket 754 Athlon 3400) Radeon 9250 3ware 9500 PCI SATA RAID controller The only storage in this machine is the 3ware RAID5 array (4 x 320GB). There are no other bare drives, and I install the system directly onto the array. I can shut the machine down using the Shutdown function from the Gnome menu with no problems. If I try to do a Restart, or I do an "init 6", the shutdown proceeds normally until the machine is about to restart. Then instead of restarting into POST, the 3ware's activity LED turns on and stays on, and the machine hangs with a blank screen. I have done multiple back-to-back clean installs of FC5 and FC6 onto the array. FC5 always restarts fine, and FC6 always hangs during restarts. I am running the x86_64 builds in both cases. I have not tried the 32-bit builds.
These are almost certainly hardware / BIOS problems and almost certainly NOT linux problems. If the NO IDE DISK error occurs before you see the grub/lilo boot screen (ie: still in the BIOS/POST) then the error cannot be linux. Try updating your BIOS firmware or getting a better mobo.
(In reply to comment #2) > These are almost certainly hardware / BIOS problems and almost certainly NOT > linux problems. If the NO IDE DISK error occurs before you see the grub/lilo > boot screen (ie: still in the BIOS/POST) then the error cannot be linux. Try > updating your BIOS firmware or getting a better mobo. > Thank you for your reply. The interesting outcome that I have just experienced when I intalled FC6 that my desktop restarts normally but it does not shutdown!! When I do a shutdown, it goes through the shutdown process and reches the "System halted" but it does not power off the system. Manually I have to press & hold the power switch until it powers off. So, I do not believe it got anything to do with the h/w since I checked the HDDs and associated cable, I replaced the CMOS, and now FC6 behaves differently. It seems to me that kernel, perhaps, does & holds teh cpu somehow so it can not proceed any more.
Problem solved (at least on my system) At one point I realized that my Floppy Drive is no longer present on my desktop. When I checked the mounted devices I found it was missing from /etc/fstab. I defined the mount point in /mnt and defined it in /etc/fstab and when I started the system with Floppy Drive mounted and available, then I was always able to restart my system any time. Good luck & Regards
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