> I've have one of those new computers with the Serial > ATA feature, which I am not using; I'm just using the > standard ide1 and ide2. > > During booting linux 2.4, there is a prolonged wait as > it establishes that hde (and hence hdf) is not there, > and a second wait as it establishes that hdg (and hence > hdh) is not there. > > How do I tell it that I am not using these ports. >
>Disable the Serial ATA in your bios. I thought I had, but now find that it is in two places in the BIOS setup. Or at least there are two similar references to this. Disabling the device in the BIOS solved the problem. >Don't compile them into your kernel/load the modules. I tried this also before rebooting and examining the BIOS more carefully. In doing this I found I needed to omit the scsi driver from the initrd. Can't say whether this had an individual impact on the problem, as the BIOS setting solved the problem independently of the kernel which I chose to boot. Thanks, Greg Wood. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
