PPro IDE problems (2.3.39-2.3.41)

[Stephen Frost]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Matthew Harrell wrote:

> : 	I've been having some rather aggrevating problems w/ IDE on my
> : dual PPro system under 2.3.41 (also had trouble w/ 2.3.39 and 2.3.40,
> : though have yet to try anything prior).  The problem is somewhat simple,
> : the machine boots, and then stops after detecting the IDE controllers,
> : but before actually finding the disks.  The kernel appears to just stop.
> : 	Under the exact same setup I've had no problems w/ 2.2.12-2.2.14.
> :
> : 	Any initial thoughts?  I'm more than happy to provide whatever
> : information is neccessary, perhaps individually to someone instead of
> : spamming the list, unless people feel it would be more useful to spam
> : the list...
> : 	Any feedback would be appriciated. :)
> 
> Intel PR440FX motherboard?  Try specifying "nmi_watchdog=0" in the boot options
> through either lilo or whatever you use.  I have the same problem on my system.

	Whoah, that fixed it, very cool, many thanks.  Any idea what is going on
with that, and if there perhaps is a better solution?  Again, many thanks!

	Thanks!
		Stephen


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