Debian scanning for SATA-drives that do not exist..

kadaver · 07-28-2004, 05:08 AM

Hi all...

I'm new to Debian, been using gentoo for a while now and thought I'd give Debian a try.

Everything works perfectly (I love aptitude

). I have one problem though.
I have a 250G SATA drive wich is currently hosting winxp and debian.
In debian the disk is /dev/hde, no disk is connected to what would be /dev/hdc but when the system boots I get a 45 sec. lockup while the system is searching for hdc, wich doesn't exist.

Code:

hdc: no response (status = 0xfe), resetting drive
hdc: no response (status = 0xfe)

After that, the system boots normally. This is really anoying, I've been probing the forums and tried adding:

Code:

append="hdc=noprobe"

and

Code:

append="hdc=none"

in /etc/lilo.conf as suggested by some posts, none of them worked. Instead i get:

Code:

ide_core: Unknown parameter `"options=hdc=noprobe hdc=none"'

As I've said before, this doesn't break my system but it gives me a boot-time of approx. 2 minutes=baaad =)
Any suggestions?

kadaver · 07-28-2004, 11:51 AM

*solved*

Wandering_Dru · 07-28-2004, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kadaver
*solved*

Also posting how it was solved would help those of us who like to utilize the wonderful search function. hint... hint...

kadaver · 07-29-2004, 08:21 AM

Okay, I'll post the solution(s)...

1. open '/etc/lilo.conf' in your favourite texteditor, I use 'jed', I'll paste my lilo.conf for you to enjoy =)

Code:

#boot - mbr
boot=/dev/hde

#root-partition
root=/dev/hde8

#misc settings
delay=200
prompt
vga=normal
append="ignore=hdc"

#start of base configuration
default=Linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7
        label=Linux
        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-compact-test
        label=Linux.test.compact
        read-only

other=/dev/hde1
        label=WindowsXP

See the line 'append="ignore=hdc"'? This tells the kernel not to probe channel1 of the sATA controller.
And presto! Boot-time is back to normal!

zero79 · 07-29-2004, 06:13 PM

is there an option similar to this for GRUB? my system scans for /dev/hdg on every boot. thanks. i'll probably find it myself in a minute

zero79 · 07-29-2004, 06:35 PM

ok, i can't find a specific grub command like lilo "append," but i assume that i can just add the "ignore=hdg" to the kernel specfication.

Wandering_Dru · 07-30-2004, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zero79
but i assume that i can just add the "ignore=hdg" to the kernel specfication.

You are correct in your assumption.

zero79 · 08-01-2004, 12:37 AM

ok, i tried changing my grub boot command to this

Code:

kernel		/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-386 root=/dev/hde2 ro ignore=hdg

but my system is still trying to detect hdg on boot. i also tried

Code:

initrd		/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-386 ignore=hdg

but that didn't work either. what am i doing wrong?

hollywoodb · 08-02-2004, 02:01 PM

Code:

kernel		/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-386 root=/dev/hde2 ro ignore=hdg

try changing "ignore=hdg" to "hdg=none"