On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:08:19 +0200 Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Andrew Morton schrieb: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.25-rc8/2.6.25-rc8-mm1/ > > This fails to come up on my development machine, apparently because it > has trouble accessing the SATA hard disks. > Hardware: Intel Pentium D940, Intel DQ965GF board, two SATA hard disks. > Some unusual things I noticed during the boot process: > > - a message "doing fast boot" that looked unfamiliar; unfortunately > it scrolled off too quickly to note its context > > - for each of the two SATA ports in use, a message > "SATA port is slow to respond, please be patient" > accompanied by about 10 secs wait > > - it actually got past the point where it mounts the root file system, > so it must have thought it could access the disks > > - finally, the system hung completely after the SUSE startup messages > > Setting current sysctl status from /etc/sysctl.conf > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 > > with a dead keyboard and I had to hit the Win^Wreset button. > > - After rebooting into 2.6.24-rc8 (which works fine), nothing had been > written to the disks, not even the dmesg output which SUSE usually > dumps into /var/log/boot.msg early during startup. > > Before I try booting that kernel again, any instructions on what to > watch out for? Is netconsole usable again? Yes, netconsole is usable again ;) > Other ideas? Usual stuff: `diff -u dmesg-2.6.25-rc8 dmesg-2.6.25-rc8-mm1'. Bisection. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
