Re: hda=noprobe fails
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 05:38:37PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote:
> I install etch on an old system, but get boot messages below:
>
> Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xfffff7f8)
> Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xfffff7f8)
> Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: no response (status = 0x0a), resetting drive
> Probing takes too much time. As I use scsi disk, I want to disable probing, so I read files in
> kerenl-doc-2.6 package and change a line in menu.lst to:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda4 ro noisapnp hda=noprobe
>
> After grub-install and reboot, "hda=noprobe" does not have any effect.
How old is the system?
I've found that linux tends to drop support for old hardware as time
passes. It could also be a hardware problem.
However, before you throw out the drives or the system, I'd suggest, as
a fast and easy test, grabbing the OpenBSD floppy42.fs bootfloppy
(assuming that the old box boots from floppy) and try booting it. If it
completes booting, go to a shell and check dmesg and the logs to look
for any errors.
If there are errors, then it may be a hardware issue. If there aren't,
it may be a linux kernel driver issue.
Doug.
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