Re: System does not support PCI

[Matthew D. Pitts]

James,

Try adding pci=bios to the boot options and see if it helps

Matthew D. Pitts
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Gale" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: PCI: System does not support PCI

> All,
>
> I'm posting this in hope that someone can explain the problem
> I am seeing, or corroborate my story.  I'm not subscribed to this
> list so please CC me on any replies.  I've moved my old hard-disk
> with a 2.4 kernel to a new computer and tried to boot it up.  I
> get a strange message when I do that:
>
> PCI: System does not support PCI
>
> I don't have a /proc/pci file after boot-up either.
>
> The new computer is an Athlon based Shuttle FS40 motherboard which,
> of course, has a PCI bus.  So what would cause the kernel to think
> that this board doesn't support PCI?  I've fooled with a few different
> kernels that all give this error, but mostly I'm trying to boot my
> stock Debian 2.4.18 kernel.  Has anybody else seen this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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