On Tue, 14 March 2000, "Paul Nevin" wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> I am trying to install a fresh copy of Mandrake 7.0 on my BP6 with the
> internal 18Gb ata66 hdd connected. Mandrake offers to make a ATA/66 boot
> disk that upon restart finds
>
> hde: QUANTUM FIREBALLP KA18.2 ATA DISK drive
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>
> and then everything freezes!
>
> Has anyone successfully got this to work? I am running an NJ bios after
> having problems with win2k and the QQ version. Is there some trick to this
> process other than upgrading the kernel and lilo after a non ATA/66 install?
>
Paul,
Have you tried the "noapic" kernel parameter at boot?
This was widely recommended as essential before QQ came out, but I haven't seen much
discussion of it since. I also don't know whether it's useful with 2.3.x kernels
(after a single lock-up, I'm running it on 2.3.51 due to FUD).
To try, wait for the LILO boot prompt and (within the 5-sec wait window) enter "linux
noapic" (or whatever label you've used for your kernel). To make it permanent, add
"noapic" to the "append" option of the appropriate kernel stanza in /etc/lilo.conf,
then rerun lilo.
Bill Clay
Charlotte NC USA
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