Re: Red Hat 8.0 cant find cdrom (John Borges)

["Rick Matlock" <rmatlock calltech com>]

I have tried 'linux hda=nodma hdc=nodma" and also "linux ide=nodma" and all
come to the same issue when installing.  Here's more detail on the error
that I am getting on the notebook:


(This is all obtained through alt-f4)

hdc: drive not ready for command
hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80
ide1: reset timed-out, status=0x80
hdc: status timeout: status=0x80 {Busy}
hdc: drive not ready for command
hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80
ide1:reset timed-out, status=0x80
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0


At which point the install stops and asks for the language, keyboard, and
what media to install from -- Namely CDROM or Hard Drive.  Either of those
options comes up with the same result as above.

Again, the system I have is a Compaq 905us notebook, with a Radeon U1
northbridge/southbridge and an ALI M5229 IDE controller.

Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated...

Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: Red Hat 8.0 cant find cdrom (John Borges)


> don sharp wrote:
> > John Borges writes:
> >  > I am trying to install Redhat 8. on my system.  I get the error
message
> >  > saying that the installer cannot locate the red hat cdrom or any hard
> >  > drive.  This occurs either from the cd boot or from a floppy boot.
I
> >  > have installed Redhat 7.3 and Mandrake 9 on the same system without
any
> >  > problems.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > John,
> >
> > You don't give the config specs for the system you are trying to
> > install, but I have a similar problem on my new Presario 900 laptop
> > with a Toshiba DVD/CD-ROM drive, and Red Hat's response is that this
> > configuration is not supported.  I have an old 6.2 kit which I have
> > not yet tried, but no 7.3.
> >
> > Another suggestion I recieved was to try linux mediacheck at the boot:
> > prompt, apparently there is some problem with some of the CD
> > generation.
> >
> > Good luck, let us know how it turns out.
>
> I have seen this issue several times on Compaq hardware.  The trick
> is to add either "nodma" or "ide=nodma" or "hdx=nodma" (replacing
> "x" with the drive designation for the CD) to the boot command line.
> For example:
>
> boot: linux hdd=nodma (for the CD as slave on second IDE)
> boot: linux ide=nodma (to disable DMA on all IDE ports)
>
> This seems to work for the installation.  You may need to do the
> drive-specific version (hdx=nodma) for the production kernel as well.
>
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