Re: [gentoo-user] Slow boot with Serial ATA Harddisk

2003-08-29 Thread Arlo
Thanks for the tips. I added teh hdg=none to my grub.conf and it worked like a charm. However I'm not sure what you mean by disable multi-mode I ran make menuconfig and under [IDE ATA and ATAPI Block Devices] []"Use Multi mode by devault" is already disabled. Should I turn it on? or is there a

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow boot with Serial ATA Harddisk

2003-08-29 Thread Bryce
On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:17 am, Arlo wrote: > is there a way to get the driver not to look at "hdg" or to fail more > quickly? in the kernel params, put "hdg=none" > I also get a message waring that my harddisk is not running in DMA mode and > that fsck with run very slowly in this state (P

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow boot with Serial ATA Harddisk

2003-08-28 Thread Alan
> A 20 second pause happens after the line: > hde: ST3120026AS, ATA DISK drive > but before the line: > hdg: no response (status = 0xfe) > > is there a way to get the driver not to look at "hdg" or to fail more quickly? I've had this happen as well on IDE drives, generally when there were no dr

[gentoo-user] Slow boot with Serial ATA Harddisk

2003-08-28 Thread Arlo
I just built a linux box including a Asus A7N8x Deluxe motherboard which includes a Si3112a Serial ATA controller. and a Seagate 120G SATA harddisk. I installed Gentoo 1.4 using the gs-sources, and it detects the harddisk fine. However the boot takes twice as long as it should. the system stops