Re: IDE bug

Daniel Rogers (rogersd@nanaimo.island.net)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:46:30 -0800 (PST)

> I've just discovered an interesting IDE problem by compiling the wrong
> kernel config.
>
> If I boot 2.0.3x on this box with IDE controller and no devices it sits
> for a few seconds then decides I have no IDE and continues. 2.1.91 hangs
> forever (or until I got bored of waiting)

Hmmm... I think I found some relative of this the other day. I don't have
any IDE drives on my home machine, but I do have an IDE CD-ROM so the IDE
stuff is compiled right into the kernel.

For some reason, lilo tries to open /dev/hda even though the lilo.conf
doesn't say anything about it. It does eventually continue, but it takes
quite a while.

I didn't notice this in 2.1.90 (it is quite obvious, especially during a
make install).

> Neptune chipset dual P90, no drives in the BIOS.

Triton II chipset single P200 here.

Dan.

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