On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Kevin Murphy wrote:
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> hda: read_intr: status = 0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error}
> hda: read_intr: error = 0x40 {UncorrectableError}, LBAsect = 2247884,
> sector = 131084
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04, sector 131084 Kernel
> panic: EXT2-fs panic (device 03:04): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode
> bitmap_block_group = 8 inode_bitmap = 65542
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> The motherboard is very new and has a fancy AMI BIOS. It has a built-in
> PCI IDE controller, and the BIOS setup allows you to tweak settings for the
> IDE, like LBA mode, block mode, 32-bit mode, and PIO mode. During the
> installation, LBA mode was on, block mode was on at 8 sectors, 32-bit mode
> was on, PIO mode was auto, which meant the machine was coming up with PIO
> 4. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
>
I have had this happen to me when the PIO level was set too high. Try
setting it manually to a lower value and work your way up the highest
functioning mode.
Cheers
Carlo
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