Debian User, I have been trying out the new Debian live cd (as well as Mepis 11, Ubuntu 10, and Mint 10 -- all Debian derivatives) and all are now giving me this error. The computer does not have a second hard drive, and when it boots the BIOS looks for a slave, finds none, and moves on. This error was not a problem with Debian 5 or or any distribution based on it. My question is what is going on, and why?
Ben (Debian Live) has suggested it may be a jumper problem. Just for kicks, I booted to the Mepis 8.5 cd (running on as I type) that was released one year ago, and there was no disk problem. Which makes me think that something has changed in Debian or the kernel. I would appreciate any help/advice. To help do the diagnosis, I have attached some system information. Dave, ----- # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.3 present. 23 structures occupying 1649 bytes. Table at 0x000F0630. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 07.00T Release Date: 04/02/01 Address: 0xF0000 Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 256 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/360 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 KB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported LS-120 boot is supported ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 25 bytes System Information Manufacturer: ECS Product Name: K7S5A Version: Serial Number: UUID: Not Settable Wake-up Type: Modem Ring Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: ECS Product Name: K7S5A Version: Serial Number: Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: ECS Type: Desktop Lock: Not Present Version: Version 1.00 Serial Number: (REMOVED) Asset Tag: 0123ABC Boot-up State: Unknown Power Supply State: Unknown Thermal State: Unknown Security Status: Unknown OEM Information: 0x00000000 Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 32 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket-A Type: Central Processor Family: Other Manufacturer: AMD ID: 80 06 00 00 55 00 00 00 Version: Voltage: 3.3 V 2.9 V External Clock: 66 MHz Max Speed: 1200 MHz Current Speed: 1250 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: LIF Socket L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: Internal Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 128 KB Maximum Size: 1024 KB Supported SRAM Types: Synchronous Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: None System Type: Unified Associativity: 4-way Set-associative Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: Internal Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 256 KB Maximum Size: 1024 KB Supported SRAM Types: Synchronous Installed SRAM Type: Synchronous Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 4-way Set-associative Handle 0x0007, DMI type 5, 24 bytes Memory Controller Information Error Detecting Method: 32-bit ECC Error Correcting Capabilities: Single-bit Error Correcting Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave Current Interleave: One-way Interleave Maximum Memory Module Size: 128 MB Maximum Total Memory Size: 512 MB Supported Speeds: 70 ns 60 ns Supported Memory Types: Standard FPM EDO Parity ECC SIMM Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V Associated Memory Slots: 4 0x0008 0x0009 0x000A 0x000B Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities: Single-bit Error Correcting // Memory info deleted for brevity Handle 0x0011, DMI type 11, 5 bytes OEM Strings String 1: SMBIOS Support from AMI String 2: Tested by James Handle 0x0012, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: USB Internal Connector Type: Mini Centronics External Reference Designator: Def External Connector Type: DB-25 male Port Type: SSA SCSI Handle 0x0013, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Option 1: System Management BIOS from Atlanta Option 2: SMBIOS from AMI Handle 0x0014, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Installable Languages: 4 English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Currently Installed Language: Not Specified Handle 0x0015, DMI type 64, 11 bytes Unknown Type Header and Data: 40 0B 15 00 00 0A E6 A8 CB A6 F6 Handle 0x0016, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table >From dmesg: Probing IDE interface ide0... hda: ST340016A, ATA DISK drive hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hda: UDMA/100 mode selected Probing IDE interface ide1... hdc: LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1P, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: YAMAHA CRW8424E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hdc: UDMA/66 mode selected hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hdd: MWDMA2 mode selected ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 ide-cd driver 5.00 ide-cd: hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R/RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 ide-cd: hdd: ATAPI 16X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 4096kB Cache -- dave boland dbola...@fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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