On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 08:49:29PM -0000, Hanspeter Roth wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to configure Netbsd 1.5 on a Mitac 6120 with a
> TOSHIBA MK1016GAP harddisk.
> If I just try to boot the last line looks like this:
> 
> pciide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
> 
> Then the kernel seems to be frozen.

How much time did you wait ? A IDE reset can take up to 30s.

> If I first go into the Bios-setup and remove and insert the Pcmcia
> nic and open and close the CD the kernel proceeds with
> 
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK1016GAP>
> 
> What's happening?
> Can it be solved by some clever configuration?
> Can I trace what the kernel is doing or waiting for?

The easiest way would be to add a few printf (or turn on debug printf in the
code) and recompile a kernel.
Are you booting from floppy or from the HD ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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