Re : 2.6.25 Issues
> > 1. All those section mismatches! This is all over google for the release
> > candidates but still around as of .8. Seem not to have any effect, the
> > thing boots OK, but ....
> >
> > 2. Hal on startup gets an invalid op/code busy from the IDE, resets IDE
> > canceling DMA and other enabled functions. These can be restored using
> > hdparm but eventually, unreadable sectors occur and the file system is
> > damaged. There may, in fact, be problems with the drive involved, but
> > these problems rarely if ever occur in 2.6.23.
>
> It's either the hardware or the chipset, because the nvidia MCP55
> chipset with sata_nv and jmicron drivers havebeen working perfectly
> for me so far.
The MB is a via chipset and to get DMA to work when I got this MB, I had to
compile the via in
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
>
> > I think 2.6.25 is too dangerous to use at this point.
>
> Add this to your sources.list and build a 2.6.26 kernel:
>
> deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main
Is this kernel ready to play? Not on Sid yet.
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