> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Buchan Milne > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] I complain, therefore I'm running ;-) > > > > > Declan Moriarty wrote: > > > > Hi Buchan > > and thanks for the reply. I think I got one > other, but KMAIL > > LOST IT before it got read, so if you replied, please resend it. > > > > I haven't changed hostname, or it hasn't changed > itself. The last > > changes were to fit an agp graphics card in place of a pci > one, and to update > > modutils in a vain attempt to get harddrake running. This > latter one caused > > complaints, and I was intending to downgrade again. modules were for > > inconsequential things anyhow (soundcard, scanner) in that > particular kernel. > > This could be the reason X crashes (having changed the display card). > Most people would suggest adding a level 3 boot option before you do > this, so you can run (XFDrake|Xconfigurator|XF86Setup). XFdrake will > also let you know if xfs is running. > > > Booting to runlevel 3 as you suggested changed > nothing. But I > > did get an interesting insight from a console attempt to > mount /dev/hdd3. > > It gave me something like: > > DMA Disabled hdd: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete > DataRequest } > > DMA Disabled hdc: > > ide 1 reset: success > > Prompt# > > This is the ide driver giving up on you ide controller. > > > Then I found this in /var/log/messages on the old drive. At > THIS stage hdb = > > Seagate 4.3 Gig drive with hdd my new 6.5 gig drive. > > > > Nov 5 19:23:26 genius kernel: hdb: irq timeout: > status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > > Nov 5 19:23:26 genius kernel: hda: DMA disabled > > Nov 5 19:23:26 genius kernel: hdb: DMA disabled > > Nov 5 19:23:26 genius kernel: ide0: reset: success > > Same thing here. Did you have this problem before, and did you change > any settings with hdparm ? You might want to disable it or > changing the > settings with hdparm. I'm not sure where mandrake put the > "use harddrive > optimisation" setting ... It's in /etc/sysconfig/system. Set HDPARM= Bill > > > It would appear DMA is erratic on this drive, hence my > problem :-((. It has > > failed on both ide 0 and ide 1. I don't think xfs runs on > the thing. It hangs > > at the bootup stage when it's mounting the disks, which is > before most processes > > start, in the mandrake_everytime script ... but I'm > illiterate in perl :-((. > > > > #On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, you wrote: > > -- > |--------------------------------------------------------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone +27824722231 > email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za > Control Models http://www.control.co.za > |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| > >
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