On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:48:10PM +0300, Timo Myyr? wrote:
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> I was trying to install 4.3 to a SanDisk 1GB CF disk but the installer 
> aborts when it tries to create the partitions to the disk
>
> I get following when the creating partitions:
> pciide:0:0:0: timeout waiting for DRQ, st=0x51 <DRDY,DSC,ERR>, err=0x00
> wd0e: device timeout writing fsbn 47908 (wd0 bn 2100672, cn 521 tn 0 sn 0) 
> retrying
> ..
> newfs: wtfs: write error on block 47908 Input/Output error
>
>
> I updated the Soekris BIOS, tested it with 4.2,4.3 and -current but all give 
> the same results. I also tried to change the wd* flags to '0xffc' to disable 
> DMA.
>
> Is there anything else to try or is the card just broken?
>
You might try changing the wd* flags to '0x0ff0'.  That's what I had to
do on an early 4801 when I got a new CF card.