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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:31:40 +0200
From: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
To: Orm Finnendahl <finnendahl@folkwang-hochschule.de>
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Subject: Re: Partition check issue (againandagain??)
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:31:52AM +0200, Orm Finnendahl wrote:

> Notebook with Ali15x3 Chipset, revision 195 (C3) and experience a
> freeze upon bootup at the partition check.
> 
> Kernel version <= 2.4.18 works fine on my laptop (including dma), all
> kernels > 2.4.18 lock up at boot.
> 
> The partition check line shows: 
> 
> Partition check:
> hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <
> 
> before it freezes. 
> 
> With the working 2.4.18 kernel the line shows:
> 
> Partition check:
> hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5 hda6>

This sounds like your kernel succeeds in reading sector 0
but fails to read the starting sector of the extended partition.
An IDE problem, I suppose.

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