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neppox

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Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 4

old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

hi,
I am running arch linux on a hp pavilion ze4300 laptop.

my problem is a very long booting time probably caused by a problem with the harddisk (booting from livecds works fine)..

ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma 0x00018088 irq 15
ata2.00: ATAPI: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2312, 1905, max MWDMA2
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 96 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 96 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 96 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: limiting speed to MWDMA1:PIO4
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 96 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA1
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x5a data 128 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA1
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x5a data 128 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA1
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x5a data 128 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA1
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x5a data 128 in
ata2: soft resetting port
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA1
ata2: EH complete

what could i try to fix this problem?

hope somebody can help
neppox

blelump

Member

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 13

Re: old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

friend of mine has had similar issue. changing pata to ata in mkinitcpio.conf would help.

Last edited by blelump (2007-10-21 09:56:23)

neppox

Member

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 4

Re: old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

unfortunatly it does not, heres the file

# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES="ata_ali ata_generic"

# BINARIES
# This setting includes, into the CPIO image, and additional
# binaries a given user may wish.  This is run first, so may
# be used to override the actual binaries used in a given hook.
# (Existing files are NOT overwritten is already added)
# BINARIES are dependancy parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""

# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in anyway.  This is useful for config files.
# Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options,
# like so:
#    FILES="/etc/modprobe.conf"
FILES=""

# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file.  The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added.  Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'modload' may be used in place of 'udev', but is not recommended
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
#    This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
#    No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
#    HOOKS="base"
#
#    This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
#    work as a sane default
#    HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
#
#    This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
#    No autodetection is done.
#    HOOKS="base udev ide scsi sata usb filesystems"
#
#    This setup assembles an ide raid array with an encrypted root FS.
#    Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H raid' for more information on raid devices.
#    HOOKS="base udev ide raid encrypt filesystems"
#
#    This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
#    HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
HOOKS="base udev ata scsi sata keymap filesystems"

blelump

Member

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 13

Re: old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

drop the sata hook as well.

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

stepping back from pata means usage of ide not ata
befoer you do that keep in mind changing your bootloader and fstab because the names will change back to hdX scheme and don't use sdX scheme anymore.

k3rn31

Member

Registered: 2008-01-09

Posts: 145

Re: old hp laptop ata2 problem causing boot delay

Hi guys. I did these to my laptop and I have not fixed it.

My logs and my conf are: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=42512

I changed to ata and I dropped the sata but the problem is still here.

Anyone to help me?

Thanks

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~k3rn31