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drbubo n00b
Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:54 am Post subject: How to disable specific IDE chipset support? (hp xe4500) |
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Hi,
I have to install linux on a hp omnibook xe4500. However, when I boot the install CD (I tried 1.4-rc2 as well as a SuSE 8.1) I get error messages like this:
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hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: drive not ready for command
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hda: lost interrupt
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After some netsearching it seems that this is the result of the buggy ali15x3 chipset and/or driver. One should use the generic IDE interface, and disable ali15x3 support in (not to compile it into) the kernel.
I understand this. But this driver seems to be compiled into the different install kernels, which makes them unusable for me.
My question is: Is there a boot parameter that I can pass to the kernel to disable a specific IDE chipset support? Or is there anyone out there with this notebook who had this problem, and how (s)he solved it?
(I know, I could a make a new install CD with a custom kernel, but I don't really want to do that.)
Thanks for any help:
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dirtyjake n00b
Joined: 06 Jul 2002 Posts: 60
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Nermal Apprentice
Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 259 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Try adding ide=nodma to the kernel boot parameter list, then use a nice new kernel (I've tried 2.4.21-pre4-ac4) which seems to work quite well... |
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