Problems installing on Compact Flash
From: Frederik Ramm (fred_at_remote.org)
Date: 12/30/04
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Date: 29 Dec 2004 23:05:38 GMT
Hi,
I have a machine with only a CD-ROM drive and a 1 GB compact flash
card connected to the primary IDE bus through an IDE-CF adapter.
I am trying to install 5.3-RELEASE (from CD-ROM). The compact flash
card is properly detected, however even during boot I get timeout
messages regarding the IDE device. Consequently, file system creation
fails and installation is aborted.
(I am adding this in a superseded article: In "verbose" mode, the
kernel says: "ad0: setting viaxxx to WDMA2, PIO4" or similar. It
also says something about "cable: 40pin". The timeout message says
something about a DMA problem. Could I perhaps disable DMA for my
ad0 device from within the boot loader?)
The card in use is a 1 GB SanDisk brand type.
I repeated the same with an old, No-Name 128 MB compact flash, and
installation went smoothly (up to the point when the card is full).
I was able to access the same 1 GB card without trouble when I booted
the same hardware with a "Knoppix" (bootable Linux) CD-ROM. (The board
in use is a Via Epia PD-6000E.)
(a) is this a bug, or
(b) is the 1 GB card really so much slower that it causes timeouts,
and if so,
(c) can I somehow tell the kernel on the installation CD-ROM to be
more patient with the slow card or will I have to
(d) try and obtain a faster compact flash card?
Thanks for any insights you might have,
Frederik
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