i want to remove the delay error message on start up

[jonniemuk]

This is the error message i get after grub boot options.i really cant tell what is causing it. But i only changed a DVD rom drive.

drivers/hid/usbhid/hid - core.c:usb_submit_urb(Ctrl) failed

ATA1 01:EXCEPTION :ON EMASK 0*0 SACT 0*0 ERR 0*0 ACTION 0*6 FROZEN

ATA1 01:l CMD A0/01:00:00:60:00:00:00:00:00:00 DAM 96 IN RE 40/00:02:00:2400:00:00:00:00:00:00 00/60 EMASK 0*6 (TIME OUT)

ATA1 01: STATUS: {DRDY}

[elija]

You could try disabling apic by adding

noapic

to the end of kernel boot line of your grub entry. If there is a -- at the end of line, make sure you add it before that.

It been a while but if I recall correctly, to edit the parameters at boot time you key down to the kernel you want to boot, and press e and then key down to the boot line and press e again. Once you have made the changes you press b to boot.

If that works, you can update your grub config to make the chage permenant, but how you do that depends on the grub version.

[jonniemuk]

Just more light what is apic?
For grub entry do you mean my boot loader as in grub.conf. Can i make changes while am logged into my box instead of doing it at boot time.

Am running a duo boot of winxp and fedora core 13, with 1GB RAM 2.80GHz processor P4. GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)

thanks.

[elija]

apic

You can change the grub config; in fact that is how you make the change permanent. The advantage of changing the line at boot time is simply finding out if it works without changing your system. For example, if a change is made there which stops you booting altogether, you can just reboot to reset it.

[Rubberman]

APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

In any case, it seems your new DVD/CD drive is not liked by your system. What make+model is it? It may mean that to support this drive you will either need a new firmware for it, or you may need to reconfigure/build your kernel to support it. This is NOT a normal error event, so I would definitely look at changing the drive for a more "mainstream" one, assuming the one you got is not such.

[Rubberman]

Finally, I have used a LOT of CD/DVD drives with Linux, for about 10 years, and there was only one occasion when I had to reflash the firmware of a drive because it was incompatible with the media (discs) I needed to use. I have NEVER seen an error like yours. So, make sure it is installed correctly, the jumpers are set correctly, and all the other (oh GOD, I didn't think of that!) stuff is correct...

[jonniemuk]

On boot i hit "e" to get the minimum bash edit again i hit e to edit the option with a kernel and these a the screens i got. Did i mess up? if so, then i think i have to go and change the jumper settings. what do you think?