Re: Installing DOS and ATAPI CD probs
> Else, since reinstallation the CDROM driver is not working well. It's and
> OTI-HERMES ATAPI (primary slave) and during installation gave many errors
> like:
> hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0
> hdb: ATAPI reset complete
>
> and I'm having a hard time to mount it or to run dselect with it.
>
I have the same error message. The computer is about 12 months old and only
started displaying this message in the last month.
The message is displayed during boot. Running badblocks repeatablely shows
differing bad blocks for each run.
I think there is some sort of start-up problem with the controller or hard
disk. Currently I work around the problem by the following procedure:
1. Turn on the computer and observe the linux start-up
2. When the error is reported, push the reset button
The second time linux boots up with no problems. I run NT on a partition and
it is very distressed during boot-up also, so it's nothing to do with any
debian/linux code.
I have found some of the debian package setup files in /var have been
corrupted by this problem.
This weekend I plan to pull the machine to pieces and check all the hardware.
Then I will try another hard drive. I may also try doing a low-level HD
preformat via bios.
The computer has a Gigabyte GA-586HX motherboard with onboard IDE controller.
Using linux on my computer is a timebomb. I don't know which files are going
to be corrupted next. If you make some progress, I will be interested to hear
about it.
Regard ...
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