Re: [Solved!]Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-23 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 05:02:36AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > I wonder what to do in custom kernels when ide-core is compiled in. one passes the option to the kernel using the boot loader. However, from Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt it might be that one needs something like ide-core.hdb=no

Re: [Solved!]Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/23/08 01:06, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:07:35PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >>> sudo update-initramfs -u >> I cannot directly confirm that step since I do not use initramfs-tools >> (I build

[Solved!]Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:07:35PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> sudo update-initramfs -u > > I cannot directly confirm that step since I do not use initramfs-tools > (I build my initrd, when it is needed, with yaird to avoid like a plague > putting udev in the initr

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > > I hope that in the process you really learned something useful, since > from a pratical point of view simply disconnecting the ide cable from > hdb (when the pc is off) would have been the same as hdb=none, only much > faster ... > You are quite right. Physical di

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:07:35PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > sudo update-initramfs -u I cannot directly confirm that step since I do not use initramfs-tools (I build my initrd, when it is needed, with yaird to avoid like a plague putting udev in the initrd. Well, I also do not use sudo but one

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:16:35AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro >> >> hdb=noprobe >> I tried both hdb=noprobe and hdb=none but the boot

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:16:35AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro hdb=noprobe > I tried both hdb=noprobe and hdb=none but the boot up > routine paid absolutely no attent

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jonathan Kaye: > > Thanks for the link. Just to be sure I understand, in my /boot/grub/menu.lst > file I have this: > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro > I should change this line to > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro hdb=noprobe > > Is this

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-22 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro hdb=noprobe > > the syntax is correct; you might also want to try other options such as > hdb=none (if needed) > Thanks NN. Sadly, I tried b

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro hdb=noprobe the syntax is correct; you might also want to try other options such as hdb=none (if needed) -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smette

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NN_il_Confusionario wrote: >> * From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Is there anything in the startup routine that I can alter so that the >>system ignores /dev/hdb? > >Linkname: The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Hard Disks > URL: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html > >>

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Ron Johnson wrote: > In /etc/fstab, try adding noauto to /dev/hdbX's field #4. > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. Thanks for the suggestion, Ron but /dev/hdbX (where X is any number or nothing) is not in my fstab; only /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda5 (and the cdrom drives) Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/21/08 03:50, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Hi all, > Hopefully an easy question. I have a dodgy 2nd hard disk which I can't > remove for the moment. On bootup I get a million error messages like this: > device hdb1, logical block 1 > hdb: dma_intr: sta

Re: Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
> * From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Is there anything in the startup routine that I can alter so that the >system ignores /dev/hdb? Linkname: The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo: Hard Disks URL: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html >I tried disabling the >2nd hard disk fro

Getting debian to ignore hdb on bootup

2008-04-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, Hopefully an easy question. I have a dodgy 2nd hard disk which I can't remove for the moment. On bootup I get a million error messages like this: device hdb1, logical block 1 hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAs