Hello All, Setting up an old Dell Dimension XPS R450 machine with Debian 5.0.1 to be used as a file & printer server. The machine has 128MB of RAM and 14 GB harddrive. I've gotten it installed and have internet & local network connections. However on boot I receive the above error message and cannot mount either the CD-Rom nor the tape drive. Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: imklog 3.18.6, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-15lenny3) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Thu May 28 15:39:35 UTC 2009
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000e7000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000040fdc00 (usable)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000040fdc00 - 00000000040ff800 (ACPI data)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000040ff800 - 00000000040ffc00 (ACPI NVS)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000040ffc00 - 0000000008000000 (usable)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fffe7000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] 128MB LOWMEM available.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges:
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] DMA 0 -> 4096
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Normal 4096 -> 32768
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] HighMem 32768 -> 32768
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] 0: 0 -> 32768
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] DMI 2.1 present.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F6AC0, 0014 (r0 PTLTD )
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: RSDT 040FDD77, 0028 (r1 PTLTD RSDT 0 PTL 1000000)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACP 040FF78C, 0074 (r1 DELL KHAN 19990921 PTL F4240)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 040FDD9F, 19ED (r1 Dell Khan 0 MSFT 1000004)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: FACS 040FFBC0, 0040
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x8008
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 10000000 (gap: 08000000:f7fe7000)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e7000
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e7000 - 0000000000100000
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000040fd000 - 00000000040fe000
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] SMP: Allowing 0 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PERCPU: Allocating 37960 bytes of per cpu data
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/mapper/KTS--Debian-root ro quiet
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.000000] Detected 448.069 MHz processor.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] Memory: 119236k/131072k available (1769k kernel code, 11272k reserved, 752k data, 244k init, 0k highmem)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] virtual kernel memory layout:
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] fixmap : 0xfff4c000 - 0xfffff000 ( 716 kB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] vmalloc : 0xc8800000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 879 MB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xc8000000 ( 128 MB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] .init : 0xc037f000 - 0xc03bc000 ( 244 kB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] .data : 0xc02ba5eb - 0xc0376620 ( 752 kB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc02ba5eb (1769 kB)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.004000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.084634] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 897.97 BogoMIPS (lpj=1795944)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.084818] Security Framework initialized
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.084844] SELinux: Disabled at boot.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.084860] Capability LSM initialized
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.084936] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085592] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085611] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085624] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085714] CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085730] CPU: L2 cache: 512K
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085747] Intel machine check architecture supported.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085764] Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.085822] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.100730] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.119279] Freeing SMP alternatives: 16k freed
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.119295] ACPI: Core revision 20080321
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.124908] ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0e00)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126401] weird, boot CPU (#0) not listedby the BIOS.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126415] SMP motherboard not detected.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126427] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126437] SMP disabled
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126746] Brought up 1 CPUs
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.126760] Total of 1 processors activated (897.97 BogoMIPS).
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.127903] net_namespace: 660 bytes
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.127948] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.129234] NET: Registered protocol family 16
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.130781] ACPI: bus type pci registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.132008] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9a3, last bus=1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.132008] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.132008] Setting up standard PCI resources
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.152403] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.152419] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S5)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.152481] ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.167583] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.168235] * Found PM-Timer Bug on the chipset. Due to workarounds for a bug,
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.168245] * this clock source is slow. Consider trying other clock sources
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.168321] pci 0000:00:07.3: quirk: region 8000-803f claimed by PIIX4 ACPI
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.168338] pci 0000:00:07.3: quirk: region 7000-700f claimed by PIIX4 SMB
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.173588] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.174026] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.174460] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.174898] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 12)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.175551] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.175771] pnp: PnP ACPI init
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.175808] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.191435] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.191451] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.191468] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.193370] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.194246] system 00:07: ioport range 0x7000-0x700f has been reserved
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.194264] system 00:07: ioport range 0x8000-0x803f has been reserved
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227125] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227135] IO window: disabled.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227149] MEM window: 0xf5000000-0xf5ffffff
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227163] PREFETCH window: 0x00000000fc000000-0x00000000fcffffff
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227293] NET: Registered protocol family 2
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.227783] IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.228897] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.229057] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.229209] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.229223] TCP reno registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.229613] NET: Registered protocol family 1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 0.230142] checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 1.669539] it is
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.317115] Freeing initrd memory: 6837k freed
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.320186] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.320245] type=2000 audit(1245637420.320:1): initialized
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.320813] Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.321208] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.321361] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.321556] msgmni has been set to 246
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322185] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322203] io scheduler noop registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322214] io scheduler anticipatory registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322224] io scheduler deadline registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322285] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.322323] pci 0000:00:00.0: Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.324558] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.426658] 01:01: card 'U.S. Robotics 56K Voice INT'
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.426674] isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.445286] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.445689] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.447914] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.450710] serial 01:01.00: activated
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.451118] 01:01.00: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.461280] brd: module loaded
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.461881] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:MICE] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.465242] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.465272] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.466205] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.467001] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.467044] rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.467285] cpuidle: using governor ladder
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.467298] cpuidle: using governor menu
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.467324] No iBFT detected.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.469742] TCP cubic registered
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.469760] NET: Registered protocol family 17
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.469791] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.470629] registered taskstats version 1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.471040] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2009-06-22 02:23:41 UTC (1245637421)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.472339] Freeing unused kernel memory: 244k freed
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.496644] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.986909] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="3.18.6" x-pid="2595" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] restart
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 3.987201] ACPI: ACPI0007:00 is registered as cooling_device0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 5.812351] No dock devices found.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.677169] SCSI subsystem initialized
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.986525] Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.15-NAPI (Feb 27, 2007)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.987389] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 9
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.987416] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.987899] tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3100 status 7829 advertising 01e1.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 6.992433] eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at Port 0x1000, 00:a0:cc:25:40:fd, IRQ 9.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.077779] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.077912] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.078134] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.454753] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.455665] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 9
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.455683] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:07.2[D] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.455722] uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: UHCI Host Controller
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.456103] uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.456167] uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 9, io base 0x00001400
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.456610] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.456765] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.456811] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.465835] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.483942] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.618589] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.618613] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.622296] PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7111 rev 0x01) at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.622343] PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.622372] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.622397] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.863352] Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.908225] hda: IBM-DTTA-371440, ATA DISK drive
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 8.580715] hda: UDMA/33 mode selected
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 8.980218] hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.764204] hdd: Seagate STT20000A, ATAPI TAPE drive
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.820357] hdc: UDMA/33 mode selected
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.821189] hdd: Disabling (U)DMA for Seagate STT20000A (blacklisted)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.822322] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.822416] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.060207] hda: max request size: 128KiB
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.073077] hda: 28229040 sectors (14453 MB) w/462KiB Cache, CHS=28005/16/63
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.073101] hda: cache flushes not supported
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.073266] hda: hda1 hda2
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.117695] hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.117722] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.127566] ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate STT20000A rev 8.25ÈãÀ�Pã�È
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 184.695687] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 184.699951] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 190.240780] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 190.380556] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 190.380556] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 193.464630] udevd version 125 started
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 195.793024] dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 198.653671] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.160251] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.497846] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.589499] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.649683] agpgart: Detected an Intel 440BX Chipset.
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.656773] agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xf8000000
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 200.674728] piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: Found 0000:00:07.3 device
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 201.901993] input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input2
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 203.113340] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 203.113402] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 203.132089] input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input3
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 203.168238] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 204.012367] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 204.012398] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Jun 21 22:30:04 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 204.012511] Vortex: init.... <6>done.

Considering the age of the system, you might consider running a memory test to scan the physical memory for errors at bootup. You can do this for example with Debian:
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/memtest86

Any live distros and the UBCD should have this tool as well.

Just a thought.

It seems to allow me to download but where do I go from here?

Found the Downloads folder. However, error message Archive type not supported was displayed.

Sorry, I was assuming too much knowledge. With that link I didn't mean you should download it from the website, I was just showing you the Debian package you could use to test memory. In fact, you probably already have the package installed.

BTW, I misled you slightly, you should probably use the package memtest86+ instead of memtest86. Apparently, the difference is just that memtest86 is the original but hasn't been updated since 2004, whereas memtest86+ is more up to date. There is an entry in Wikipedia for more info.

To check if a package is installed (and to install it if it's not), you use the Debian package management. You can, if you prefer, use a GUI—in that case use Synaptic. (In Gnome, System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager) On the forums it's easier to explain using the command line interface (CLI), so I'll use that instead.

Open a CLI (such as Terminal), and become root by typing 'su' (without quotes) and entering your root password. Then enter If after "Installed:"it says (none), then it isn't; if there is a version number there, it is.

If it isn't installed, type and apt-get will download and install it for you.
For further reference: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html
Make sure you know a bit what you're doing and pay attention while installing and removing packages, as you can potentially break your system--especially if using testing or non-standard sources with stable.

As for how to use memtest86+, here's a guide:
http://mydebian.blogdns.org/?p=13

Note that whenever you edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (also as root) you should always make a backup copy first, in case anything goes wrong. It's a good habit to use the date in the filename, for instance, you could:Hope that helps get your memory tested. If the memory turns out not to be a problem, come back and someone (if not me) can help you for sure.

Note that all I had to do to help you was use Google.

Thank you for the specifics. When I googled my error message I had found 3 posts similar to my issue but none that directed me to memtest. I did find the memtest86+ from the debian site after your initial post. I've been away from Unix/Linux for a long time and am very rusty. Things are slowly coming back.
I found the following in /var/log/syslog
7.642586] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.646304] PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7111 rev 0x01) at PCI slot 0000:00:07.1
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.646352] PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.646382] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.646408] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.646425] Probing IDE interface ide0...
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.887317] Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 7.932226] hda: IBM-DTTA-371440, ATA DISK drive
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 8.604271] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 8.604740] hda: UDMA/33 mode selected
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 8.605216] Probing IDE interface ide1...
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.004218] hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.788206] hdd: Seagate STT20000A, ATAPI TAPE drive
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.844217] hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.844353] hdc: UDMA/33 mode selected
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.844508] hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.845208] hdd: Disabling (U)DMA for Seagate STT20000A (blacklisted)
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.845236] hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.846340] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 9.846435] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.084521] hda: max request size: 128KiB
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.097782] hda: 28229040 sectors (14453 MB) w/462KiB Cache, CHS=28005/16/63
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.097806] hda: cache flushes not supported
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.097971] hda: hda1 hda2
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.142789] hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.142815] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 10.151875] ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate STT20000A rev 8.25ÈãÀ�Pã�È
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 184.669462] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 184.673739] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 190.258442] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
Jun 29 09:57:30 KTS-Debian kernel: [ 190.398251] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds which leads me to think that there may be a driver issue. I've also been able to boot from the Debian CD.

I suggested memtest86+ just because you were reporting memory allocation errors on an older machine.

In fact, I'm not sure what the actual problem is. If I understand you right, the main issue is that you aren't able to mount the CD-ROM and tape drive. Can you as root? The first place I would look is user permissions.


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