andrey mirtchovski wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Carl-Johan Kjellander wrote: > > > Anyway, is it possible to force the kernel not to use DMA when booting? > > Or is there another kernel I could try to get it installed. > > > > you can configure the machine not to use DMA from the BIOS. also try 'cat > /dev/sdC0/ctl' to see whether it's on or off. > > doing a 'echo dma off > /dev/sdC0/ctl' will disable dma > > that assumes your disk is under /dev/sdC0 :) Thanks! Getting another rc window up and turning off dma did the trick! After that everything installed fine. So there is a bug in the dma-handling for the Abit BX6 motherboard. Please CC me /Carl-Johan Kjellander -- begin 644 carljohan_at_kjellander_dot_com.gif Y1TE&.#=A(0`F`(```````/___RP`````(0`F```"@XR/!\N<#U.;+MI`<[U(>\!UGQ9BGT%>'D2I Y*=NX,2@OUF2&<827ILW;^822C>\7!!Z1,!K'B5(6HQI6:7"A>Y?):D2^*U@NCV RLZYD-_T1U<@3W]A4(^$-W4]A#V")W6#.R"$;IR'@).46BN7$9>5D``#L`