Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:
> I don't know what the Intel 810 chip is, is it old or new ?
> I guess I should try to find the docs :)

The 810 chipset is brand new -- its the basis for most of the new
really cheap celeron based systems. Full docs in PDF are on the Intel
web site. (It isn't just one chip, btw -- it is several...)

> Well, if the hang occured in DMA mode then this is another problem than the one
> I fixed. But as you forced DMA maybe it's just that the BIOS didn't set up
> DMA properly for the CD. Did the BIOS announce somthing about DMA modes used ?

I don't remember. It is a very new BIOS, though...

What sort of message should I be looking for?

.pm