For reference of anyone wondering, the problems with the IDE are the result of this machine being *special*, by having SATA and then a IDE bridge for normal 2.5" disks:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_non-ThinkPad_hard_disks http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-60169&velxr-layout=print which they've hacked around by patching the *firmware* on the hard-disks shipped with the machines. -- disks-admin causes disks be mount on program load... https://launchpad.net/bugs/47730 -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
