Re: 2.3.15 hang on boot [PIIX4 IDE problem?]

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:05:57 +0100

gerard@saraber.dhs.org said:
> Hi, When trying to boot Linux-2.3.15 it hangs right after:
> Parallelizing fsck version 1.12 9-July-98 hda2: clean, [didn't write
> this part down] hda5: clean, [didn't write this part down] hda6:
> clean, [didn't write this part down] Remounting root device
> read-write. [hang]

> It appears to be related to the IDE controller, I have a Soyo
> SY-6BA+III, with a PIIx4 IDE controller.

> Let me know if you need anything else, or if there is anything I can
> try..

Try turning off CONFIG_ACPI.

When I compiled 2.3.15 (from clean) with ACPI enabled, it didn't recognise the
root filesystem. Turning off ACPI and rebuilding again fixed it.

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