From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 6 20:56:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www.kpi.com.au (www.kpi.com.au [203.31.83.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DBE37BEB5 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 20:56:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from johnsa@kpi.com.au) Received: from sleek (admin.hazellbros.com.au [203.39.132.98]) by www.kpi.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA58023; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:56:15 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from johnsa@kpi.com.au) Message-ID: <001301bf87f1$786646a0$625aa8c0@hazellbros.com.au> From: "Andrew Johns" To: Cc: "Archie Cobbs" References: <200003070357.TAA38892@bubba.whistle.com> Subject: Re: interrupt timeout Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:55:43 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Archie Cobbs" To: ; Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 2:57 PM Subject: Help: interrupt timeout > My laptop running 3.4-RELEASE decided it doesn't want to boot. > It was uncleanly shut down via the power switch by someone > who thought they were shutting down a different machine. > > Now when it boots, running fsck gives this result: > [snip] > > # fsck / > > *** /dev/rwd0s3a > > *** Last Mounted on / > > *** Root file system > > *** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 58 error 0) > > wd0: wdtimeout DMA status 4 > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 50 error 1) > > wd0: wdtimeout DMA status 4 > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 50 error 1) > > wd0: wdtimeout DMA status 4 > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 50 error 1) > > wd0: wdtimeout DMA status 4 > > wd0: interrupt timeout (status 50 error 1) > > wd0: wdtimeout DMA status 4 > > wd0: Last time I say: interrupt timeout. Probably a portable PC. (status 50 error 1) > [snip] I'd try disabling the DMA - it *should* be accessible within the BIOS under IDE UDMA enable/disable, depending upon the m/board maunfacturer - it certainly is on my Inspiron 7500, but with Compaq's.... good luck! Regards -- A Johns KPI Logistics P/L To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message