Re: cannot find CD in /dev/hda
Hi,
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:35:14PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> I've used on cmdline various combinations of:
> knoppix hdc=cdrom hdc=noprobe 2 vga=791 vsync=60 failsafe
>
> But always 5.1.1 hangs looking for CD on /dev/hda. Chipset is i440BX
> (Thinkpad 600E). What's the secret to booting this?
If it still continues searching after a (possibly very long) time, it
may be that this ide controller needs a software reset, so please try
knoppix ide0=reset ide1=reset
as boot commandline.
Another possibility may be that it is not DMA-capable, so
knoppix nodma
may help as well.
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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