Problem solved, Just for the record, it turned out that the offending cdrom drive was factory-set to "cable select" mode. After setting it to "master" I was able to boot gnumach normally.
--- Evgeny Stukalov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I've run into a problem while trying to > cross-install > the Hurd. The initial GNUMach boot stops in midway. > I've checked that no shared irq's are in use, > and that block size for the Hurd partition is set > correctly. After checking the archives > of this list and the debian-hurd mailing list I > recompiled the latest release of gnumach > (gnumach-1.3.tar.gz from ftp.gnu.org) with only bare > essentials included (with --enable-ide as the only > driver option), but booting the new gnumach gave the > same results. Here are the boot lines: > > . > . > AT386 boot: physical memory from 0x0 to 0x9c00000 > pci bios_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure at > 0x 000f7640 > pci bios_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure > entry at 0xfd7c0 > pci bios_init: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at > 0xfd9d4 > Probing PCI hardware. > hd0: ST34323A, 4112MB w/128kB cache, CHS=557/240/63 > hd1: Compaq CRD-8322B, ATAPI CDROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0 - 0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14 > > After that it just sits there indefinitely, until a > key is pressed, which results in kernel panic, or > till > I power-reboot. > > What seems strange to me, is that Mach boots just > fine > when the cdrom drive is removed. According to the > boot messages that Mach correctly identified the > cdrom > drive (which is indeed CRD-8322B), so I wonder what > else is there to try to make it boot normally > (besides > unplugging the ide cable from the cdrom drive for > good). > > Any insights or pointers are very appreciated. And > let > me know if any additional info may be helpful. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
