"Carlos E. R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Monday 2007-04-16 at 09:19 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > >> Did you read my announcement at all? >> >> Call for Testing >> ================ >> >> * libata for IDE devices >> >> We're using the libata stack now also for IDE controllers. Please >> do test that an update works and all files are changed >> automatically (libata uses /dev/sda for the first harddisk instead >> of /dev/hda). Disks with more than 15 partitions are not handled >> right now, we're still evaluating whether there is a good solution. >> to use the old scheme, boot with "hwprobe=-modules.pata". > > Question. With "hwprobe=-modules.pata", are more than 15 partitions > supported? > > If yes, then, Q #2:
Yes. > When there are more than 15 partitions, will this situation be detected > and then automatically activate "hwprobe=-modules.pata", or do we have to > add that manually when booting the install dvd? > > At least till a better, definitive solution is found. We're working on a better solution for this (which does not involved using the old ata stack - hwprobe=-modules.pata uses the old stack - but until this is in place, this is the manual workaround. So, for now, please add it manually, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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