On 14 Jan 2003, 14:51:26, Colin Ellis wrote: > From looking at your dmesg output, it looks like your drive hdb is on its > way out...
I am concerned about that myself, but when I boot the non-initrd 2.2.20-idepci kernel, I don't get any of those messages . . . madmac > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug MacFarlane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 January 2003 14:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nate; Eduard Bloch > Subject: Re: Adding SCSI Controller, SCSI Tape, and SCSI Disk to > 2.2.20-idepci system > > > On 13 Jan 2003, 15:30:52, nate wrote: > > Doug MacFarlane said: > > > So I apt-got a 2.4.19-686 kernel image, and when I rebooted, I had to > use > > > modconf to enable the 3c59x driver, and when I rebooted, it runs like > > > molasses . . . during boot, it takes minutes to complete the calculate > > > module dependencies step. This hadn't happened before, and I don't have > > > time to figure it out yet . . . > > > > this is odd, but does it boot eventually? does this happen everytime > > it boots? after it boots can you delete > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep > > and run depmod -a ..does it take the same amount of time? > > Yes, it boots but runs very slowly. > > If I delete modules.dep and then run depmod -a, the depmod completes in less > than a second. But the Calculating Module Dependencies during boot takes > 3 minutes . . . > > I think I have a problem with initrd - I'm pasting in a piece of dmesg > below: > > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev a1 > PIIX4: chipset revision 1 > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x14c0-0x14c7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x14c8-0x14cf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > hda: ST34321A, ATA DISK drive > hdb: ST38641A, ATA DISK drive > hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5602B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > blk: queue cc84eea4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) > hda: 8421840 sectors (4312 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=8912/15/63, UDMA(25) > blk: queue cc84eff0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) > hdb: 16809660 sectors (8607 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=16676/16/63, UDMA(25) > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [557/240/63] p1 p2 < p5 > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0:hdb: set_multmode: status=0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdb: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > [PTBL] [1111/240/63] p1 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 > p2 > ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,69) > > I have no idea why it's trying to use ext3 and jbd . . . > > When I boot 2.2.20, it, ofcourse, is NOT an initrd kernel, and it runs fine, > and I don't get any of these messages in dmesg . . . > > So my workaround will be to recompile the 2.4.29 or 2.4.20 kernel without > changing the config, and leaving off the --initrd make-kpkg option, and > editing > lilo.conf to remove the initrd option, and see if that fixes it . . . > > Any thoughts? > > As always, thanks for your help. > > madmac > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
