I too get this message at boot, but i have 2 IDE drives on the 1st controller, and a CD-ROM drive on the 2nd. I don't think it's a problem with CD/HD on the same controller - I think the kernel doesn't recognise the IDE controller. Anyone got any ideas?
On 16/06/00 at 14:41 Jason Quigley spake the following magic words: >Hi Horacio! > >I too get this message, but it started occurring when I attached an IDE >CDROM to the same channel as the hard disk. I guess it's just stepping down >or something. I was using a SCSI CDROM before and didn't have this problem. > >My suggestion would be to put the CDROM onto the other channel and see if >things are better. I certainly see myself buying an IDE card for this >reason. > >Cheers, >Jason. > > >At 11:38 +0200 16/6/00, Horacio MG wrote: >>Hello, >> >>currently I'm entering the BIOS quite often for enabling/disabling the >>IDE/SCSI boot, so that I can boot from an IDE (UDMA) HD or a SCSI HD as >>needed. >> >>All of a sudden, I've started to see some message from the kernel. Here >>is the 'dmesg' relevant part: >> >>PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9, >>DID=5229 >>PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later >>PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled >>ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) >>PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled >>ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) >>hda: ST38630A, ATA DISK drive >>hdb: CRD-8400C, ATAPI CDROM drive >>hdc: ST34321A, ATA DISK drive >> >>... strange as right now I've booted from the IDE disk and IDE boot mode >>*IS* enabled in my BIOS. I'm 100% sure I haven't fiddled with any other >>BIOS option. >> >>Any idea as to why this is happening? >> >>Please, Cc: me as I'm not on this list. >> >> >>TIA, >> >>-- >>Horacio Anno MMDCCLIII A.U.C. >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Valencia - ESPAÑA >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Key fingerprint = F4EE AE5E 2F01 0DB3 62F2 A9F4 AD31 7093 4233 7AE6 -- Mark Herrick - Liverpool - England mark at blacksky dot co dot uk Pick two: Good, Fast, Cheap ______________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit- http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp
