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
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