Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 64719
Kernel fails on checking partition table
Last modified: 2008-08-01 12:22:52 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417 Description of problem: System was running on RedHat 7.2 fine.. Installed RH7.3 but the installer failed to detect the partitions the second "windows" harddrive.. I removed the second harddrive and the install mostly proceeded fine.. (quit when it coulnd't install ttfonts-ko).. but once I put the "windows" harddrive back in and booted the half upgraded linux install the kernel stopped at the same point (checking partitions" on the "windows" harddrive.. The harddrive is a Maxtor 40GB harddrive..(this has windows on it) and the other harddrive is a Maxtor 13GB (this has linux on it). the motherboard is a Asus P5A-B w/ the 1010 bios (fix for HD > 32GB). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: install/bootup the 2.4.18 kernel from the install disk OR the installed system with the 40GB Maxtor harddrive installed. Actual Results: kernel stops booting while checking the partitions on the 40GB.. output.. checking partitions (or whatever the wording is..) hda: and stops there Expected Results: to find a the partitions Additional info:
The 40GB Maxtor is model number 4D040H2 The 13GB Maxtor is model number 91303D6
Does booting with "ide=nodma" help?
well, that worked.. don't know why... as I could have DMA mode on with RH 7.2.. and I need DMA support so that DVD playing will work... I tried setting the USE_DMA=1 in the /etc/sysconfig/harddisks file and with the ide=nodma option it boots through the kernel but stopps later in the boot process when starting various services..
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