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maxalken
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 Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:13 am Post subject: HPT370 boot problem |
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Hi. I've tried to install Gentoo 1.4 on /dev/hde which is an IDE channel controled by HPT370 chip. I'm sure the htp370 are enabled in the kernel (gentoo-sources), But it bounced lots of "lost interupt" when booting, then kernel panic. 
After searching articles in this forum and google, I disabled I/O APIC function in the kernel, but things seem getting worse. When I boot with this kernel, the booting proccess stoped before check devices attached to HTP370 IDE controller and the HDD LED is on; it indicates the booting process is accessing /dev/hde, but i couldn't see any information displayed on monitor.
I use the same kernel settings with my Debian system, and it works perfect. I can even enable I/O APIC with it. I don't know what are the differences between the Gentoo and Debian kernel sources relevant to HPT370. Can anyone introduce me some way to resolve this problem?
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jpmythic
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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I've run into similar problems before, ( about a year ago, not with Gentoo). Currently not using the Controller yet.
Not enough information to really help, but one question comes to mind:
Are you using Grub OR Lilo as bootloader? Any other OS's on the HD or System? Where is Grub/Lilo installed too?
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maxalken
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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There is only one harddisk while testing, and no other OS installed.
The following is my configuration files.. The harddisk is hdg
my fstab
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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hdg1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/vg01/root / reiserfs noatime 0 0
/dev/vg01/swap none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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Yes, my root is a LVM partition. But I tested this partition strategy with VMWare, it works. Thus I don't think LVM is the problem.
My lilo.conf
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lba32
boot = /dev/hdg
map = /boot/.map
install = /boot/boot-menu.b
menu-scheme=Wb
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
root = /dev/vg01/root
initrd = /boot/initrd-lvm-2.4.20-gentoo-r5.gz
label = Gentoo
append = "ramdisk_size=8192"
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The partial console output looks like this (I/O APIC disabled test):
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HPT370: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0e.0
HPT370: chipset revision 3
HPT370: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xec00-0xec07, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xec08-0xec0f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: CD-540E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: SONY DVD-ROM DDU1211, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: CD-W54E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
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The boot process stopped here without any information about hdg supposed to display as next 2 lines.
hdg: MAXTOR 6L080L4, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c038ddbc, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
There must be something wrong with the kernel  |
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jpmythic
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, let's see if I got this right.
1: Booted from LiveCD and detected Controller and HD attached at that point.
2: Partitioned / Installed / Compiled / Rebooted (Now fails to see HD on HPT370).
This seems to say, Hardware okay.
Differences are Kernels and Settings during Compile.
Hit a spot that's got me, but at least I think I can see where it's happening. Your choice of kernels and settings for kernel would appear to be the culprit. One or the other OR Both.
I wish I could help you furhter. If it's the Kernel's, then one of them may have an Older version of the HPT370 driver.
By the way are you loading the Driver as a Module? Or compiled in? Try it both ways.
Try one of the other Kernels as well.
Best I can do.
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| maxalken wrote: | | I'm sure the htp370 are enabled in the kernel (gentoo-sources), But it bounced lots of "lost interupt" when booting, then kernel panic. |
Try passing "acpi=off" to your kernel when you boot. ACPI, APIC, IO-APIC can all cause IRQ problems depending on your hardware.
Another alternative would be to use ac-sources instead of gentoo-sources. ac-sources has more recent drivers for HPT37x controller chips. |
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