Re: 2.3.15 hang on boot [PIIX4 IDE problem? -found]

Gerard Saraber (gerard@saraber.dhs.org)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:15:28 +0000


That did it!
I disabled the ACPI and voila it booted just great ..

Thanks,
Gerard Saraber

David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> gerard@saraber.dhs.org said:
> > Hi, When trying to boot Linux-2.3.15 it hangs right after:
> > Parallelizing fsck version 1.12 9-July-98 hda2: clean, [didn't write
> > this part down] hda5: clean, [didn't write this part down] hda6:
> > clean, [didn't write this part down] Remounting root device
> > read-write. [hang]
>
> > It appears to be related to the IDE controller, I have a Soyo
> > SY-6BA+III, with a PIIx4 IDE controller.
>
> > Let me know if you need anything else, or if there is anything I can
> > try..
>
> Try turning off CONFIG_ACPI.
>
> When I compiled 2.3.15 (from clean) with ACPI enabled, it didn't recognise the
> root filesystem. Turning off ACPI and rebuilding again fixed it.
>
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