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Sargon
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 Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:08 pm Post subject: HW problems with Hush Mini ITX (VIA EPIA M-10000 mainboard) |
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Hi
I tried to install gentoo on a Hush Mini ITX system with a VIA EPIA-M10000 mainboard and stumbled over two major problems:
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For some reason I can't see the menu to choose boot parameters. It seems like the system starts in the wrong resolution or something. All I can see are two gentoo logos - one blue and in the lower part, the other white and in the upper part. Anyone has an idea how to fix this? (the monitor is very old, but under my other machine it works)
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When trying to partition my HD with cfdisk, I get bad errors when it tries to write the partition information:
| Code: | hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=33993540, high=2, low=439108, sector=33993536
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 33993536
(and other sectors...)
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After that I erased the beginning of the disk with 'dd' and turned off DMA on hda with 'hdparm -d0 /dev/hda' and tried the partitioning again with similar errors:
| Code: | hda: read_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=33993540, high=2, low=439108, sector=33993536
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 33993536
(and other sectors...)
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Is it safe to assume that this harddisk is gone? :) I can't try to mark bad blocks with 'fsck' or something similar since I don't have any partitions to start with. :) Ideas? Comments? Shrieking epitaphs?
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sargon,
Try forcing 640 by 480 during the boot
Type 640 and hit return.
Those are some strange sector numbers for the partition table.
Do you have boot virus protection on in the BIOS?
You need to turn that off.
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NeddySeagoon
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Sargon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hello NeddySeagoon
Thanks for your answer!
| NeddySeagoon wrote: | Sargon,
Try forcing 640 by 480 during the boot
Type 640 and hit return. |
Well, if I just wait for some seconds or just press return it _does_ boot and it's in the correct screen mode when I get the root prompt. It's just a minor issue I guess, since I can type the boot parameters blindly if I want, like you mentioned. :)
| Quote: | Those are some strange sector numbers for the partition table.
Do you have boot virus protection on in the BIOS?
You need to turn that off. |
Virus protection is turned off, yup. I agree that the sectors look a bit strange. :) But aren't there two MBR blocks on a harddisk and maybe it just uses the 2nd (because the first one is broken too)? At least that's how I explain the numbers for the time being. :)
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Sargon,
There is only one boot sector on a HDD and its always sector 0 or C/H/S 0/0/0. The BIOS can't find it otherwise. Maybe you are thinking of the FAT, in which case there are usually two copies.
I still can't explain your partition problem.
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You might try dd if=dev/hda of=/dev/null to read the entire drive to /dev/null and see what the errors are. It that will take too long add count=1024 to read the first 1024 blocks. (512kb)
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NeddySeagoon
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Sargon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | | There is only one boot sector on a HDD and its always sector 0 or C/H/S 0/0/0. The BIOS can't find it otherwise. Maybe you are thinking of the FAT, in which case there are usually two copies. |
You're right. I mixed it up with something else. In fact I was thinking about superblocks.
| Quote: | | You might try dd if=dev/hda of=/dev/null to read the entire drive to /dev/null and see what the errors are. It that will take too long add count=1024 to read the first 1024 blocks. (512kb) |
I will do that, many thanks for pointing that out!
Sargon
Edit: I just did that and I get errors for everything after block 20240 or something. I contacted my vendor today and will see what they think, but I guess the drive is simply broken. Again, thanks for your help :) |
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