Re: RC1: anna started without dists name
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> The thing seems to be mounting kernel error disapeared now as I
> remember. That may be the source of problem. I think it should error
> and reset kernel IDE driver to use non-DMA mode.
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> (So no need for my patch in a sense. This relied on kernel error and
> remount.)
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> By the way, for boot-loader kernel, do we care about performance gain of
> DMA? If not disable them all together for stability.
I agree. Herbert proposed this as the fix and I can verify that DMA is
the source of the problem (see below).
> Or should we have sleep inserted after mount/umount to stabilize system?
It might help, it might not.
I think your patch is fine to leave in, it attempts to do something same
when hardware misbehaves. And whether or not the installer kernel has
DMA off for cdroms, I think it is worth patching cdrom-detect.postinst.
I'll file a bug report to that effect.
Cheers
Vince
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