> From: Jeremy Beker <jbeker@3gi.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:05:43 -0400
> Subject: Hang during boot with IDE Zip drive.
>
> Hello All,
>
> This is an issue that I have reported before, but is still hapening,
> so I wanted to put it on the table again
> I have a Dell branded *IDE* (not ATAPI) zip drive in my
> computer. In kernels > 2.2.14 (including 2.2.16) and in every 2.3
> kernels I have tested, when the kernel gets to the partition check
> stage, it just gets an endless loop of "lost interrupt" messages for hdd
> (my zip).
> The only way around the problem is to append "hdd=noprobe" to the
> kernel. Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> - -Jeremy
We have got exactly the same problems here using Asus P5AB motherboards
and IDE Zip drives. We tracked this down to the changes in patch-2.3.40.
BTW: other motherboards seem to work just fine with these drives.
Ingo Buescher
Head of Sales
SM TripleX Video Productions (West Germany)
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