I previously reported this as bug 27356 but have some more information. I have localized it to kernel 2.6.15. No
current version of Dapper will install on my system but Breezy, using kernel 2.6.12 will.
Here again are the boot messages:
hde: WDC WD 800JB-00FMA0, ATA DISK drive
ide2: I/O resource 0xB402-0xB402 not free.
hde: ERROR, PORTS ALREADY IN USE
ide2 at 0xb800-0xb807,0xb402 on irq 12
ide3: I/O resource 0xA802-0xA802 not free
ide3: ports already in use, skipping probe
Badness in enable_irq at kernel/irq/manage.c:126
[<c013d4ab>] enable_irq+0x4b/0xd0
[<c02524ca>] probe_hwif+0x3ea/0x4c0
[<c0253339>] ideprobe_init+0X69/0X156
[<f084b005>] ide_generic_init+0x5/0xd [ide_generic]
[<c013726f>] sys_init_module +0x9f/0x1d0
[<c0103089>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
register_blkdev: cannot get major 33 for ide2
This fails with 2.6.15 whether I try to boot from an install CD or after a dist-upgrade via apt/Synaptic.
Thanks,
Alan Claunch
I have the same problem with hard drives attached to an on-board HPT370 IDE controller. Same type of errors
about I/O ports. This problem occurs with all the kernels since 2.6.15-7, I was able to boot with 2.6.15-6.
I'm not sure this is a kernel issue, maybe it's a initramfs or udev problem.
(Please could you change your summary with something more explicit, like "Kernel 2.6.15-9 won't boot on
promise or hpt ide controller", thanks)