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September 11th, 2008, 05:50 PM
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I did a search for this but never really found a resolution. Also, I think I worked around the problem successfully but in the interest of learning I wanted to see if anyone could explain why this happened in the first place.
When trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 for AMD64 processors I got this message:
hdd: timeout waiting for DMA
hdd: drive not ready for command
http://lh6.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbJn1tKI/AAAAAAAAAEo/3m6nz17OZSI/s144/DSCN1172.JPG
Those two lines repeat 3 times (for a total of six lines). After those "failures?" Ubuntu seems to start loading stuff. I get:
*Setting preliminary keymap . . .
*Preparing restricted drivers . . .
*setting the system clock . . .
etc . . .
http://lh4.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbViqQQI/AAAAAAAAAEw/aTZoLT5knlM/s144/DSCN1173.JPG"
After all of the aforementioned stuff happened I get a setup page where the font appears to be so small I can't make anything out.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbuqh_pI/AAAAAAAAAE4/HEFPvzB6ReI/s144/DSCN1176.JPG"
I am guessing the last image is related to front or video driver issues. I circumvented this by installing Ubuntu with "Safe Video Mode". I think that is what it was called. If I recall it was F4.
I come from a PC/Windows back ground so I do have some technical skill but my "dummy mode (http://www.nyms.de/bofh1998eng.html)" gets switched on when I start poking around in Linux.
My questions are:
1) What do the DMA and drive not ready for command mean? As far I know the drive is plugged in and ready for a command.
2) After the three "failures" why did Ubuntu still install?
3) What is up with the tiny tiny tiny font size? Is that just a driver issue?
Ahh yes, I almost forgot. System Specs:
AMD Phenom X3
Biostar TFORCE TA790GX A2+ 790GX Motherboard
2GB CORSAIR TWIN2X1024-5400C4 4 512 chips
NVidia 78 GT manufactured by EVGA
Western Digital 200 GB IDE
Thanks for any feedback!
I did a search for this but never really found a resolution. Also, I think I worked around the problem successfully but in the interest of learning I wanted to see if anyone could explain why this happened in the first place.
When trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 for AMD64 processors I got this message:
hdd: timeout waiting for DMA
hdd: drive not ready for command
http://lh6.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbJn1tKI/AAAAAAAAAEo/3m6nz17OZSI/s144/DSCN1172.JPG
Those two lines repeat 3 times (for a total of six lines). After those "failures?" Ubuntu seems to start loading stuff. I get:
*Setting preliminary keymap . . .
*Preparing restricted drivers . . .
*setting the system clock . . .
etc . . .
http://lh4.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbViqQQI/AAAAAAAAAEw/aTZoLT5knlM/s144/DSCN1173.JPG"
After all of the aforementioned stuff happened I get a setup page where the font appears to be so small I can't make anything out.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/donavanwhite/SMhpbuqh_pI/AAAAAAAAAE4/HEFPvzB6ReI/s144/DSCN1176.JPG"
I am guessing the last image is related to front or video driver issues. I circumvented this by installing Ubuntu with "Safe Video Mode". I think that is what it was called. If I recall it was F4.
I come from a PC/Windows back ground so I do have some technical skill but my "dummy mode (http://www.nyms.de/bofh1998eng.html)" gets switched on when I start poking around in Linux.
My questions are:
1) What do the DMA and drive not ready for command mean? As far I know the drive is plugged in and ready for a command.
2) After the three "failures" why did Ubuntu still install?
3) What is up with the tiny tiny tiny font size? Is that just a driver issue?
Ahh yes, I almost forgot. System Specs:
AMD Phenom X3
Biostar TFORCE TA790GX A2+ 790GX Motherboard
2GB CORSAIR TWIN2X1024-5400C4 4 512 chips
NVidia 78 GT manufactured by EVGA
Western Digital 200 GB IDE
Thanks for any feedback!