On Friday 16 July 2004 04:36 pm, Richard Welty wrote: > John Wendel <john.wendel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Friday 16 July 2004 11:02 am, Richard Welty wrote: > > > the kernels i've been using are: > > > > > > $ rpm -q kernel > > > kernel-2.6.6-1.435 > > > $ rpm -q kernel-smp > > > kernel-smp-2.6.6-1.435 > > i saw slightly newer kernels, so i updated. it didn't help. > > > > when i try to bring the SMP kernel up, it starts but after it reports > > > > > > using cfq io scheduler > > > > > > ide0 at 0x1f0-01f7, 03f6 on irq 14 > > > ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out > > > hda: lost interrupt > > > > Total shot in the dark since I don't have a box like this, but I'd > > disable DMA on the failing device (assuming that it is on). > > well, i couldn't find a way to disable DMA in the bios, but i did > physically remove the IDE CD-ROM drive, and it's running > just fine with the SMP kernel. > > how to get 2 CPUs *and* a CD-ROM drive at the same time, now that's > the question. > > richard > -- > Richard Welty > rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Averill Park Networking > 518-573-7592 Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network > Engineering, Security You can add "ide=nodma" to your grub command line. Since all your disks are SCSI and you only use the IDE interface for the CD, it won't slow down your disks. Regards, John Wendel
