Doug MacFarlane said: > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [557/240/63] p1 p2 < p5 > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0:hdb: set_multmode: status=0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hdb: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > [PTBL] [1111/240/63] p1 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 > p2 > ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,69) > > I have no idea why it's trying to use ext3 and jbd . . . > > When I boot 2.2.20, it, ofcourse, is NOT an initrd kernel, and it runs > fine, and I don't get any of these messages in dmesg . . . > > So my workaround will be to recompile the 2.4.29 or 2.4.20 kernel without > changing the config, and leaving off the --initrd make-kpkg option, and > editing lilo.conf to remove the initrd option, and see if that fixes it .
I did a search on that error and came up with: http://dvd.sourceforge.net/xine-howto/en_GB/html/howto-10.html Using Linux, I get an error which contains status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } To fix this error, try enabling `Use multi-mode by default' in your kernel (re-compile setting ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support -> IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices -> Use multi-mode by default to `Y'). The relevant piece of kernel documentation states: CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE: If you get this error, try to say Y here: hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } If in doubt, say N. check /boot/config-`uname -r` for CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE my redhat 7.3 system has this set to Y, but my custom debian systems have this set to N .. not sure what the default is. changing this may help the other problem(s) as well. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]