On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 17:08 -0500, Brent Busby wrote: > So the switch from /dev/hd* to /dev/sd* for such devices isn't just > cosmetic -- everything is now being handled by libata (which is the > Sata drivers), and if you have any Pata device drivers in your kernel > config, you'll want to get rid of those and replace them with > equivalent drivers from the Sata section of the kernel. > > Not doing this will cause very strange behavior with regard to DVD > drives in udev and hal, especially if you use Gnome.
Ugh!! This sounds like the roadblock I ran into! The problem drive, /dev/hda, holds the root filesystem and several others, and didn't show up at all in /dev. Since the system also has several SATA drives, I'm using the sata_promise kernel module for these, but the SATA system on the MB is managed by a Promise chipset, which supposedly implements hardware RAID but it's proprietary so I'm just using plain old discrete non-RAID mode. I have rather a conflict here, since I already have a /dev/sda. Is there a HOWTO for using libata-supported kernel components, and configuring them in the kernel? The MB has an ICH5 controller hub, which I assume handles the PATA IF. lspci shows: IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) The linux kernel here already has CONFIG_ATA_PIIX, which supposedly talks the lingo of the ICH series I/O controller hub. What else do I need here, or where can I go to learn more? -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between a duck is because FMP Computer Services | one leg is both the same" 512-259-1190 | - Anonymous http://www.fmp.com |
