Adrian Sandor wrote:
> --- Jan Dittmer wrote:
> 
>>Adrian Sandor wrote:
>>
>>>hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x64
>>>hdb: DMA interrupt recovery
>>>hdb: lost interrupt
>>
>>Had the same problem last week. After some googling
>>the solution was to 
>>change the settings of the SATA port in BIOS to
>>Enhanced Mode, SATA only.
> 
> 
> Thanks, but I don't have any SATA disk; my BIOS IDE
> settings are: Enhanced Mode, P-ATA only.
> And my main problem seems to be the "disabling irq"
> thing.

I don't have any SATA disk either. Though it did make a difference!
Have you actually tried to change it?

Jan