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Llama

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Registered: 2008-03-03

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kernel26 2.6.26.3-1: Probing EDD [SOLVED, like]

Hi,

After the upgrade to kernel26 2.6.26.3-1 the boot process stops at the kernel message "Probing EDD...". The situation gets scary as I discover that livecds like MiniMe and Knoppix refuse to boot too. Thanks to another box (not yet upgraded) found about kernel option edd=off. I edited edd=off first into GRUB command line; now the system is back to normal, though during the boot process kernel complains a lot about this or that (sata3) undetected, relinked, etc. Is my situation safe or there are proper measured to be taken?

My /boot/grub/menu.lst:

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 edd=off root=/dev/disk/by-label/Root ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux BootChart
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-label/Root init=/sbin/bootchartd ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-label/Root ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

title Memtest86+ [/boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin]
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin

# (1) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1

Last edited by Llama (2008-09-05 11:43:19)

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

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Re: kernel26 2.6.26.3-1: Probing EDD [SOLVED, like]

No ideas at all?

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

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Re: kernel26 2.6.26.3-1: Probing EDD [SOLVED, like]

A bit of additional information: after the upgrade EDD failure shows on the fallback kernel as well as on the current (2.6.26.3-1) kernel. Which means that some other piece of software/configuration is to blame.

A post here suggested a syslinux trouble; I've tried pacman and discovered that syslinux has never been installed on my system. So my Arch is supposed to run without it. I don't want to experiment in the dark - any suggestions?

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

Posts: 1,379

Re: kernel26 2.6.26.3-1: Probing EDD [SOLVED, like]

Nothing much. SATA connector of one of two hard drives got loose