I removed both the ethernet card and the soundcard, and it still freezes at the same point. Any more suggestions?
Brian. > > I am trying to install Debian-1.2.10 and the kernel freezes during bootup at > > the following point: > > > > [my BusLogic KT445C host adaptor is detected successfully as scsi0] > > Ux4F0: address 0x330 in use, skipping probe. > > NCR53c406a: no available ports found > > qlogicisp : PCI bios not present > > eata_dma: No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver release still depends > > on it > > o Skipping scan for PCI HBAs > > > > That's as far as it gets. This happens whether I just hit Enter at the boot: > > prompt, or if I type "linux ether=10,0x300,eth0". I have made two boot disks > > on brand new floppies and get the same behaviour. > > > > Here is a summary of my hardware: > > * BioStar VLB motherboard, 486DX2/66, 16MB RAM > > * BusLogic KT445C VLB SCSI card (io=0x330, irq=11, dma=7); Ricoh CD-R drive > > * ET4000 VLB video > > * Promise VLB EIDE controller, Fujitsu 2.5GB IDE drive, fd0 is 1.44MB > > * Soundblaster-16 (io=0x220, irq=7, dma=1/5) with sbpcd CD-ROM (io=0x230) > > * 3com 3C509 (io=0x300, irq=10) > > > > I have encountered this problem a number of times with 486 motherboards. > The problem for me has been the ethernet card. If I pulled it out the > boot continued properly. In my case, I needed to have the ehternet card > in order to complete the NFS install so I had to workaround by compiling a > kernel with the ethernet drivers included rather than loaded as modules. > Then, I had to play around with the ethernet card I/O address in some > cases. Anyway, since you have a CDROM version, I would suggest that you > remove the ethernet and sound cards and see if the installation can be > done. Then you can build some custom kernels and try reinstalling the > cards to see if the hangups are avoided. > > One other point that comes to mind looking at your list above. Most > Soundblasters use 2 interrupts for the sound and perhaps another for the > CDROM. You list only one and the others might be sitting at 10 and > preventing you from getting past the boot sequence. Try removing the > sound card first. > > Hope this helps, > > Carlo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
