Duh (brain->/dev/null after midnight when I replied), thanks for the
correction.
> > > I've been able to stop this by commenting out line 168 in
> > > drivers/block/ide-pci.c:
> > > pci_write_config_byte(dev, PCI_ROM_ADDRESS, PCI_ROM_ADDRESS_ENABLE);
> >
> > What is the chipset base for your ASUS board?
>
> According to the part you quoted it's a ASUS P2B-DS with a 440BX...
(brain->/dev/null) repeat......
> ide-pci.c have somewhat different line-numbers in the 2.1.126-pre2ac2 I
> use, but it was easy to find the correct line. In my version that line is
> executed for ARTOP_ATP850UF and PROMISE_20246, which sounds like it
> *could* be his Promise Ultra33? (At least it's the right producer...)
>
> Now, unless it's actually run for the WRONG IDE chip-set I don't see how
> it could affect hda, but then again, weird things isn't that unusual in PC
> hardware :-)
Agreed, very unlikely but possible.........I have had one other proble
with ASUS boards since I started picking up where ML left off.
> Anyway, it's definitely worth checking for BIOS upgrades for both the
> motherboard (www.asus.com.tw) and the Promise card (the MB BIOS sounds
> more likely, but...).
Promise Ultra/33 Bios v1.25 is what I am using for the record.
> Just checking, that 266 MHz Celeron isn't OVERCLOCKED? And the the PCI bus
> is running on 33 MHz. Otherwise all bets are of...
Promise Cards and AEC Cards seem safe to overclock the processor.
Since everyone is doing it, it is a default last test.
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick
The IDE-FNG for Linux
The APC UPS Specialist for Linux
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
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