[Oberon] Partitions.Show failure

[Vasile Rotaru]

  Hi, 
Pieter wrote:

> Vasile Rotaru wrote:
> 
> >  I am trying to install NO on a new comp, and after mid-clicking on
> >Partitions.Show it barfs on me with "error 9". Any suggestions? 

> > 
> >  Or has is anything to do with the BIOS settings (LBA, NORMAL...)?
> >  
> >
> In ATADisks.Mod: 9    dma transfer error
> 
> Perhaps there is some bus master issue on this machine.  Try disabling

  Yes there is.

> bus mastering (DMA) in the driver by setting config string ATABM="0".

  I have set ATABM="0", and Partition.Show (with ATA/EIDE driver) now works, and everything else works too. At least during install. But after rebooting the Oberon bootloader hangs. Just displays OBE. A known problem, I guess. I remember to have read about it in some FAQ. 

  I remember that I had tried the old disk on this machine and Oberon Bootloader did hang on the same place. But I was (naively) thinking that a fresh install will help.
 
> 
> Sending the output of System.OpenKernelLog might help diagnose the problem.
> 

  I'm sending you the Kernel.Log and PCIScan.Text (in case it may help)

  Kernel.Log:

ETH Oberon / PC Native 11.10.2001
36 pages allocated, 4 pages reserved
OFSN2KFiles: Scanning RAM0... marking     0 files
OFSDiskVolumes: Diskette0#0
OFS: 1 open files on Diskette0#0
PCI Bios32: 000FAC40
UsbUhci: Initialised USB UHCI controller at base 0E000H, Irq: 10
ATADisks 08.12.2000 by cp, pjm, prk
IDE0..1: 14 000001F0 000003F6 reset ok
IDE2..3: 15 00000170 00000376 reset ok
Status 00000170 1 53758 0 1 60 51 D1 C0 40 01 10000
IDE0, 19092MB, 16383*16*63, (38792*16*63), LBA, WDC WD200BB-00DEA0, ver 5.0
IDE3, packet12, removable, CD-W516EB
IDE0..1: Bus-master enabled
IDE2..3: Bus-master enabled
Status 00000170 1 65534 0 1 60 51 D1 C0 40 01 10000
Check/Unknown Sense 00002900
Partitions: GetGeometry result -3
Partitions: GetGeometry result -3


  PCIScan.Text:

Bus 0, device 0, function 0: class/rev 06000003, vendor/device 80867180, status/cmd 22900006
	Class: Bridge, Sub-class: Host bridge
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge
		256MB prefetchable 32-bit memory at D0000000 - DFFFFFFF

Bus 0, device 1, function 0: class/rev 06040003, vendor/device 80867181, status/cmd 02A00107
	Class: Bridge, Sub-class: PCI bridge, ProgIntfc: Normal decode
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge

Bus 1, device 0, function 0: class/rev 03000015, vendor/device 10DE002C, status/cmd 02B00007
	Class: Display controller, Sub-class: VGA compatible controller, ProgIntfc: VGA
	Vendor: nVidia Corporation, Device: Vanta [NV6]
		IRQ11, INTA
		16MB 32-bit memory at E6000000 - E6FFFFFF
		32MB prefetchable 32-bit memory at E8000000 - E9FFFFFF
		ROM at E7000000

Bus 0, device 7, function 0: class/rev 06010002, vendor/device 80867110, status/cmd 0280000F
	Class: Bridge, Sub-class: ISA bridge
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 82371AB PIIX4 ISA

Bus 0, device 7, function 1: class/rev 01018001, vendor/device 80867111, status/cmd 02800005
	Class: Mass storage controller, Sub-class: IDE interface
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 82371AB PIIX4 IDE
		16B I/O at 0000F000 - 0000F00F

Bus 0, device 7, function 2: class/rev 0C030001, vendor/device 80867112, status/cmd 02800005
	Class: Serial bus controller, Sub-class: USB Controller, ProgIntfc: UHCI
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 82371AB PIIX4 USB
		IRQ10, INTD
		32B I/O at 0000E000 - 0000E01F

Bus 0, device 7, function 3: class/rev 06800002, vendor/device 80867113, status/cmd 02800003
	Class: Bridge, Sub-class: Bridge
	Vendor: Intel Corporation, Device: 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI

7 devices found