You are right. I read kernel config in /boot, and find that ide is in module. I will read manual on initrd. Thanks! I'll sign off the list.
--- "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note: don't top post. I've rearranged yours. > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:31:41PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > > --- "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > The motherboard is a BX Slot 1 board. I have installed Win98 and > > sarge. In sarge, which use kernel 2.4, I have successfully disabled > > ide probing. > > > > The board's ide interface is OK, because I have used IDE disk and > > cdrom before. > > > > It's not a hardware problem. The problem is with kernel 2.6 > > > > I just want to disable ide probing during boot. > > > > I wonder if the ide is built into the kernel or is part of the initrd. > If the latter, then kernel command lines won't do anything. You'll need > to change the parameters in the initrd setup and rebuild it. > > Not that I know how to do that. > > In fact, in /boot/config-2.6.18-5-amd64 I see that most of the IDE lines > are listed as modules and that they are in > /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/ide/ > > Since the initrd setup tells it to load "most" modules on boot, my guess > is that this is the problem. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
