begin quote On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:03:39 -0800 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 09:38, Spider wrote: > > > > A long delay of about 30-45 seconds here, then: > > > > > > hdg: no response (status = 0xfe) > > > > //Spider > > > I did that much before I wrote back. It just doesn't seem to be > working. aha, okay > title Gentoo Linux 2.4.22-aa1 > root (hd0,1) > kernel (hd0,1)/boot/bzImage-2.4.22-aa1 ro root=/dev/hde3 ignore=hdg that way, yes. > > Possibly it's some other delay? The last strange message I'm seeing on > this box is about some SCSI subystem not being found, even though I've > removed all low-level SCSI drivers from the kernel build. Maybe the > delay has something to do with that. I'll look around in bootparams.. ahh, found it! /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt seems I was misremembering, its not "ignore" but "none" "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "h", such as "hdc". "hdx=noprobe" : drive may be present, but do not probe for it "hdx=none" : drive is NOT present, ignore cmos and do not probe "idex=noprobe" : do not attempt to access/use this interface HTH, //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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