My on-board SATA card on my A7N8X-E d (the Silicon Image Sil3112)
just after the BIOS, says the folowing things:

Sil 3112 SerialATA IDE@
Sil 3112 Chip Revision 2
Sil 3112 100% Native mode

Then it spends about 8 minutes (EVERY BOOT!!) doing this:

hdg no response (status = 0xfe)
hdg resetting drive,

the hde and the hdg again and finally hde again.
Can I tell it not to do these?
Thanks,

-Riddick

Try passing "hdg=noprobe" to the kernel. If you're using Lilo, just add a new line containing:...to /etc/lilo.conf and then run /sbin/lilo. If you use Grub, simply tack on "hdg=noprobe" to the kernel line (without the quotes) in your grub config file.

Another solution would be using a kernel with the libata Silicon Image driver instead of the old and unmaintained ATA/IDE driver. This would require renaming the SATA devices in /etc/fstab from /dev/hde? to /dev/sda? though but that's generally no big deal.


Håkan

grub config file is: /etc/grub.conf?
Thanks, Kernel updating (and it's probs) will come later!

-Riddick

Usually the Grub config file is /boot/grub/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst.


Håkan

Thanks very much.
I would rate you, but that involves money, which I believe to be
against the spirit of Linux.

-Riddick

Errr...rating doesn't involve money. You can choose to donate money to open source projects or the LinuxQuestions website, but that's optional.


Håkan

you are rated. Thanks very much!

Actually it still probes for the hdg and hde.
In yast bootloader config there is no "noprobe option"
Help!

Forget the wizards for a while.
Open up your Grub configuration file in a text editor (kedit, gedit, vim, any real text editor will do) and make your changes. I am not familiar with the YAST configuration tool (unless you count twice about four or five years ago) but it probably doesn't have all the options you want.


Håkan

Ok:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Sep 6 20:39:07 2004


color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde1 vga=0x31a splash=silent desktop$
I have added: hdg=noprobe
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hde1 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi$
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd

But it still looks when I boot from the "Linux" option!
What could it be?

Is this line broken in your post?Some editors tack on a $ character to indicate more characters follow (outside the visible screen).
I am skipping some of the parameters here but your kernel line should look something like this:You could also try hdg=none to forcibly ignore the disk at all times.


Håkan
Håkan

will try = none.
Yes, the longer lines were cut...
I'll keep you updated.

= none doesn't work, I'm afraid!
What option should I specify in the Yast config of the Boot loader?

-Riddick

I have no experience of YaST at all so I can't really help out there.

Edit: I should add this... Type cat /proc/cmdline to get the exact command line that booted the kernel. If it doesn't contain the changes you added you or YaST is doing something wrong.


Håkan

Quick point: Open Source is very much NOT against money!! Cash has always been a great way of rewarding people for good work well done, and there are many companies out there that make profits from selling Linux - in a totally legal way. As an example, Mandrake sells their personal distro for around 50$ and their professional distros for over 100$!! There is nothing wrong with this because you can still get the source files from them, so for most of us, we would prefer to plunk 50 dollars down on a LPB cable modem and download the files!
So there's nothin' wrong with making some Benjamins, the problem is when you restrict the freedom of others to use your programs in a reasonable fashon - that is, being able to edit the source!