Bug#343048: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686: no need to install initramfs-tools

2005-12-13 Thread Sumit Madan
Stephen Gran wrote: >This one time, at band camp, Sumit Madan said: > > >>Hello, >> >>i cannot activate DMA. Its a bit slow here. >> >> > >ide-generic was loaded before piix, making your ide bus a bit sluggish. >Put piix above ide-gener

Bug#343048: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686: no need to install initramfs-tools

2005-12-13 Thread Sumit Madan
] ide_core 131740 4 piix,generic,ide_disk,ide_generic ## ## cat /etc/mkinitramfs/modules ide-generic ide-disk ## ## hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma= 0 (off) ## Any ideas? -- Mit freundlichem Gruß S

Bug#343048: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686: modules ide-generic and ide-disk not loading

2005-12-12 Thread Sumit Madan
Hello, Yup, that works, at least with initramfs-tools, will try going back to yaird later. Any comments on using one instead of the other? Just to answer Sumit's question: if you install initramfs-tools (instead of yaird) and recreate the initial ram disk (with a "dpkg-reconfigure linux-imag

Bug#343048: linux-image-2.6.14-2-686: modules ide-generic and ide-disk not loading

2005-12-12 Thread Sumit Madan
Hello Ricardo, On boot the system does give me a console when hitting the error so it lets me manually load the modules. "modprobe ide-generic" and "modprobe ide-disk" allows the system to boot just fine. how do u have modprobed the modules? after the errors i get /bin/dash where no modprobe