Stephen J. Ingle
Single Edition Consulting LLC
Managing Member
336-449-9114(W)
336-263-2792(C)* single.1 wrote in grml's BTS on 20091112 / 11:33:

> Sorry, I didn't do a tab in the failsafe option prior to boot to
> see that "pci=nomsi" was there.  I removed it and all booted okay.
> Had sata problems that I have seen before and grml2hd still
> doesn't see the HDD.

Ok, thanks.

1. Does an older grml version work for you? This is the first version I have seen. Searched for others but not obvious.

2. Does adding bootoptions 'noapic nolapic' change anything?
noapic boots; but with pci=nomsi fails because "cd" mount on /dev/sda5.
nolapic doesn't boot with "cd" mount on /dev/loop0; same with pci=nomsi. I don't see the timeout errors for nolapic option with either.

3.  Does addding 'verbose debug=vc debug initcall_debug' tell you any
NO

further details (both with and without pci=nomsi)?
without pci=nomsi:
ata1.00 qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata1.00 Failed to identify (IO ERROR err_mask = 0x4){all the time 
except when using nolapic as stated above}

 With "pci=nomsi" anywhere grml mounts /dev/sda5 instead of /dev/sr0 and fails the boot. No sata/ata errors when using the pci=nomsi. Leaving the computer, i.e., ctrl-alt-del /dev/sr0 drawer doesn't open but get the message to remove media and hit enter. Restarts after hitting enter.

Hope this helps.
S.Ingle

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