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Message-ID: <20091130201856.43adcc38@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:18:56 +0100
From: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pci=off
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:52:50 -0400
"werner" <w.landgraf@...ru> wrote:
> "werner" <w.landgraf@...ru>
> In the last time, more and more laptops have problems to
> boot with Linux.
>
> The most frequent problem is that IDE drives are not
> found, or cannot be accessed because reclaimed as ocupied.
> The only mean to access them and to get it booted, is
> with pci=off. However, with this, the system becomes
> almost unuseable, lspci also shows nothing. ITS
> NECESSARY THAT SOMEONE MAKE A KERNEL PARAMETER pci=noide
> , so that all hardware is registered, with exception of
> ide (and sata) drives !!!! This problem, for example,
> also happens on IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad laptops.
i run on thinkpad r61 . i have experienced no problems.
what specific model are you running into trouble and with what
specific kernel-configuration?
maybe this helps: http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html
>
> A Toshibe Satelite laptop, I need go back to kernel 2.6.23
> . With later kernels, at the beginning of the boot the
> screen become black and nothing more happened. The same
> happens on that laptop with all newer Slackware kernels
did you try any recent fedora/ubuntu/debian live-dvds? this is normally
the easiest way to check if there is a real problem or if it is only a
kernel-configuration issue.
cheers,
flo
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