tomas.profeld@atlas.cz did eloquently scribble: > Hallo, > I'm trying to install Debian Etch to my new computer (MSI G33M FI) > with SATA disks and PATA DVD ROM. The installer can't recognize cdrom. > I've tried to use boot parameter generic.all_generic_ide=1, it helped > a little - cdrom was recognized after long time. The install process > rapidly got slow, I could see series of such messages: > kernel: hda: lost interrupt > kernel: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 > kernel: hda:DMA interrupt recovery > and the installation is not possible to finish. Try adding the kernel parameter "nodma" too. That'll disable dma on all disks, the install will be slow. But it will get rid of that message and may allow the install to complete. You can try to sort out why it happened later (maybe a driver bug or buggy chipset) -- ______________________________________________________________________________ | spike1@freenet.co.uk | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! | |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and | | in | get out the puncture repair kit!" | | Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------