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RE: dselect and hda:irq timeout



> From: Michael Mueller [mailto:bhu5nji@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 2:36 PM
>
> While dselect is installing, I get intermittent errors.  The
> dselect process
> continues to completion and I seem to be able to use what has been
> installed.
>
> The error messages are as follows:
>
> hda: irq timeout: status = 0x0d { Busy }
> ide0: reset: success
>
> Any ideas on why these messages appear?
>
> I've been experimenting with loading 2.2.r3. THis is a brand
> new machine:
> Duron 700Mhz, 128Mb DRAM, 10Gb HDD, 50x CDROM, AMD approved Biostar
> Mainboard.
>
> TIA,
> Mike

I had a similar message while loading from CD.  I had configured the machine
with the HD as primary master, and the CD as primary slave.  The fix was to
put the CD onto the secondary slave.

Ian





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