EDD error RE: [syslinux] Re: SYSLINUX 2.12-pre7 released

H. Peter Anvin
2004-12-09T06:30:59Z

Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
>
> http://fdos.org/ripcord/beta9sr1/other/misc/Udma2_16.zip
> output on screen (sourcecode in UDMA2.ASM, line 855 and 736 ??? )
>
> UDMA2 Disk Driver V1.6, 2-Dec-2004.  Output overlap is disabled.
> UltraDMA controller found at I-O address 1050h.
>   Vendor/Device I.D. 8086h/7111h.   PCI bus 00h, device 07h, function 1
>  No XMS manager; using only DMA I-O, NO Output Overlap!
> Primary-master disk is VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive.
>   Set to UltraDMA mode2, ATA-33.   Read tests omitted
> BIOS EDD error; driver NOT loaded!
>

Most likely the UDMA2 driver ends up running into the CD-ROM eventually,
and croaking because it's not a hard disk.  It should examine the EDD
information a bit closer; it'd find that it's marked accordingly.

	-hpa