On Wed, 09 April 2008 at 21:47 (-0000), Linda Polman wrote: > I'm ok with openening my case and all.. but I wonder if single drive > mode is a good thing to do in my rig? I have a 160GB WD pata disk, on > which I have my windows and kubuntu. and a 500GB Sata disk for all my > data.
The "single" setting is for the individual ATA controller. PATA controllers support up to two drives per controller. When there is only one drive, it can be configured to act as a "single" drive or a "master" drive. When there are two drives, one must be the "master", and the other a "slave". This is typically configured by a small jumper on the rear of the drive (where all the cables plug in). Often the pin configurations are on the drive itself; you may want to Google your drive as well. This suggestion from an Ubuntu Forum member suggests that re-configuring the driver from "master" to "single" should fix the problem. This should be safe for your system because the 500GB SATA disk is on a separate controller: it is SATA, not PATA. Hopefully, re-configuring the drive will work out and allow you to use the more recent kernels. That said, please understand that I (nor Ubuntu) are providing any warranty as to the safety of your data. You should absolutely have backups of everything you deem important! -- Emil Sit / http://www.emilsit.net/ -- Update from 2.6.24-12 to -14 or -15 results in ata SRST failed (errno=-16) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213308 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
