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Geoff, Thanks for the info. I switched to another Intel-based motherboard and another CF card reader (due to other VIA-related hard-lockup problems) and am now using an IDE CF-card reader with a Seagate Microdrive which is built-into the board. I'm running Debian Etch (4.0) on that server.

Re: grub ide=nodma not working

I have no answer for you, but I am experiencing the same problem. I'm trying to find out if my Kingston CF card does not support DMA, or if my IDE-CF adaptor does not support DMA. I have also tried turning DMA off in GRUB, but it seems as though later on in the bootup sequence, Debian probe