On Mon, 2013-04-29 at 17:13 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 03:29:17PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > >At Ben's suggestion, I've tried adding kernel command line options to > >the normal squeeze kernel (linux-image-2.6.32-5-mckinley > >2.6.32-46). "swiotlb=force" makes no noticeable difference, but > >"libata.dma=0" does allow the system to function normally (with the > >obvious proviso that without DMA disk access is *very* slow). > > > >I'm going to see if they help with the Wheezy kernel at all... > > No, not at all. It still fails to boot, triggering a system alarm beep > sequence some time after the initramfs is loaded (with no output on > serial). I've just decoded the flashing LED codes using the doc at > [1]. I've got the System LED flashing red, and Diagnostic LED #3 solid > red. That indicates "System Board", which is a bit > non-specific. Especially considering the system boots fine now using > older kernels. > > [1] http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpv00324/lpv00324.pdf As discussed earlier: this failure mode seems to be an entirely different bug, as you should see some log messages before any modules are loaded. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Knowledge is power. France is bacon.
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