Felix Miata wrote: > On 06/10/31 14:43 (GMT+0100) Christoph Thiel apparently typed: > >> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 07:23:11AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > >>> Check out this too: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214992 > >> We'll be using classical ide drivers for PATA devices in Beta2 -- so this >> bug is workarounded. > > The bigger problem is as described in > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214992#c3 which says it's a > kernel problem that I have been able to confirm in > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/. > > I can't put any Linux on this system because the target partition is > non-negotiably sata #16 or higher. If I want to install linux anywhere I > choose on a disk, I'm stuck with PATA. Windoz makes no such imposition on > how I logically carve up my huge disks.
I had a patch to use up to 256 partitions per disk independent of the type of disk. I can dig it out if anyone wants to test. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
