On 09/02/04 08:56 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
SNIP
The ata controller(s) are, from the /var/run/dmesg.boot:
atapci0: Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller port
0xffa0-0xffaf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 mem
0xfebffc00-0xfebf irq 18 at device 31.1 on pci0
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:40:00 -0400, Louis LeBlanc
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Well, it's probably not an old BOIS, since the machine is less than 3
months old. I checked the BIOS after the system locked up, and it was
enabled. I disabled it, and still couldn't boot until I used the
generic
On 09/02/04 01:23 PM, Kendall Gifford sat at the `puter and typed:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:40:00 -0400, Louis LeBlanc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, it's probably not an old BOIS, since the machine is less than 3
months old. I checked the BIOS after the system locked up, and it was
On 08/28/04 09:04 AM, Subhro sat at the `puter and typed:
Well it is really unfortunate that hard disks don't need a reason to
die. Maybe you are right. Are you using a 40 conductor or a 80
conductor cable? You can also try disabling DMA by setting the values
displayed by sysctl -a | grep dma
Although highly unlikely, but could you check your BIOS and enable DMA
if there is any setting for it? Alternatively, old BIOSses are really
messy about handling New hard drives. So reflashing the BIOS is also a
good option if your mo'bo manufacturer offers something new. Also you
did not indicate
