I have been having the same problem... the system often hangs right before this process (not showing it), often so long that i get impatient and just power my system down and boot back up, it seems to only hang momentarily every other time i boot... I don't have any PCI slots (it's an old 486 DX2), so I suspect that is why... any way to disable all these PCI checks?
and, as to JY's reply to Suresh's original post re: battery, I suspect the battery for this system is pretty old. I got it second hand, but considering that it's a 486, i'd have to assume. Thanks for help, Nick ------ Original Message ----- From: Suresh Kumar.R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:25 AM Subject: Debian 2.0 booting problem > Hi, > > I installed debian 2.0 on pc there is the strange problem: > > Sometimes it boots up well. I have installed only the base system and > netwoking code (NIS and Automount) > > Sometimes the boot process hangs with the following error message: > > qlogicisp: PCI bios not present > > eata_dma : No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver still depends on it > > 0 Skipping scan for PCI HBAs > > eata_pio: No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver still depends on it > > 0 Skipping scan for PCI HBAs > > When the machine boots up properly, the above stage does not occur. I dont > doubt the cdrom as I used the same to install debian on another machine. > This is my second debian install and I have no idea what to do. > > Any comments are welcome > > Suresh > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Suresh Kumar.R > Lecturer > Dept of Electronics & Communication > College of Engineering > Trivandrum - 695 016 > INDIA > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
