Same thing here... I traced it down to ide_xlate_1024 and applied this
simple patch gets solves the problem for me.
--- virgin/drivers/block/ide.c Wed Dec 30 20:54:43 1998
+++ linux/drivers/block/ide.c Wed Dec 30 20:47:40 1998
@@ -2575,6 +2575,9 @@
unsigned long tracks;
if ((drive = get_info_ptr(i_rdev)) == NULL ||
drive->forced_geom) {
+ /* bombs otherwise /axboe */
+ if (drive == NULL)
+ return 0;
/*
* Update the current 3D drive values.
*/
> PS. Can someone tell me how to capture the OOPS info when the system
> crashes hard like this at boot time ?
That would be nice, I had to do it the hard ware (meaning paper and
pencil :)
> Mike
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