Re: NB3 ALi1543C IDE DMA transfer error

[Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%dsl.pipex.com@localhost>]

On Sunday 12 February 2006 17:58, Chris Gilbert wrote:
> Toru Nishimura wrote:
> >> I've switched to the ABLE firmware these days.  I haven't seen any size
> >> problems with that, even when tftp booting - plus you can now boot the
> >> ELF kernels directly.
> >
> > It's the question I want to ask next.  Thanks.  It seems worthwhile to
> > upgrade CATS bootloader to ABLE.  I have v206 image at hand.
>
> Certainly the ABLE firmware has more active development, and cats will
> boot from ABLE (given the right kernel option, perhaps it's time to
> switch the option over and make it the default, and cyclone support
> becomes the option).  Although you do need to pass in the option
> root=wd0, as ABLE has a Linux view of the disks.


I've had problems with ABLE

        - CD drive and harddrive on same ide channel meant that hard drive
          wasn't recognised. I raised this with SIMTEC and got zero response.

        - My graphics card doesn't work with X now. I think this is due to ABLE
          incorrectly emulating the BIOS. cyclone worked.
Nick