Irqpoll problem on Notebook (hd installation)

[Leobester]

Hi,
I have an Acer Travelmate 529txv...
with BT2 livecd, boot process freezes WITHOUT
bt irqpoll
option...

Boot process is ok with it...

I have installed on harddisk the distro.
Same way. Freezes without bt irqpoll...
it's perfect if I press Tab and write bt irqpoll.

Like BaldingParrot suggests, I have wrote this line: append = "irqpoll"
on my lilo.conf on /etc/ on the partition where BT2 is installed /dev/hda1


My lilo.conf
--------------------------
boot = /dev/hda1
prompt
timeout = 20
bitmap=/boot/splash.bmp
change-rules
reset
vga = 0x317
image = /boot/vmlinuz
append = "irqpoll"
root = current
initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
label = bt
read-only

----------------------------

but no results... the pc freezes...
The last screen:
----------------------------
......................
handlers:
[<c03613a0>] (ide_intr+0x0/0x100)
Disabling IRQ #15
ide1 at 0x0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq15
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 39070080 sectors (20003 MB) w/1806KiB Cache, CHS=38760/16/63, UDMA(33)
hda: cache flushes not supported
hda: hda1
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdc: lost interrupt
ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out
hdc: lost interrupt
hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdc: lost interrupt
ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
hdc: lost interrupt
hdc: request sense failure: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: request sense failure: error=0x64 { AbortedCommad LastFailedSense=0x06 }
----------------------------
Here freezes...

It seems the lilo.conf is not read by the system...
but I'm sure I have only one partition HDA1 ext3 (verified with qtparted or cfdisk)

The name HDA is suggested by the BT... (i don't understand why many users have SDA instead)

Anyone has any ideas to solve this problem?

sorry for errors ...

Thanks in advance.
Leo

[shamanvirtuel]

try bt nocd......

some dvd can cause pb sometimes

[balding_parrot]

change that to

append="irqpoll"

and put it just above the read-only line

label = bt
append="irqpoll"
read-only

[Leobester]

try bt nocd......

some dvd can cause pb sometimes

my problem is not on prompt ... only bt irqpoll is enough to work right.

eventually append = "irqpoll nocd"

but...

change that to

append="irqpoll"

and put it just above the read-only line

label = bt
append="irqpoll"
read-only

I have tried there and without spaces... same result...

I have told it seems the os doesn't read the lilo.conf , cause if I increase the timeout = 1000 value, this operation have no effect on time delay...

Leo

[balding_parrot]

have you just edited lilo.conf or have you written those changes to the mbr.

If you are getting no change, the I suspect you are just editing the lilo.conf

[Leobester]

have you just edited lilo.conf or have you written those changes to the mbr.

If you are getting no change, the I suspect you are just editing the lilo.conf

I have just edited (and saved) the lilo.conf file...

which other operation have I do?

Thanks

[balding_parrot]

I have just edited (and saved) the lilo.conf file...

which other operation have I do?

Thanks

Go back to your first post where you said as suggested by me, go back to that post and I expect that it was explained there, if not, read up on lilo.

[Leobester]

Go back to your first post where you said as suggested by me, go back to that post and I expect that it was explained there, if not, read up on lilo.

Ok, now I have seen... lilo -v command

but I have this classic fatal error I found in others threads:

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Fatal: creat /boot/map~: Read-only file system

Does exist another resolution method or the only one is to restart again from the beginning?

Thanks
Leo