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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
