Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:23:43 -0800 | From | Samuel Flory <> | Subject | Re: libata in 2.4.24? |
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Greg Stark wrote: > Samuel Flory <sflory@rackable.com> writes: > > >> It's getting harder to find a newly released motherboard without onboard >>sata. Not having libata support means that anyone running 2.4 unpatched will >>be unable to use such systems. > > > My motherboard has a SATA controller and I'm using it in non-legacy mode with > 2.4.23. What is this libata thing I'm supposed to be needing? >
What chipset are you using? Assumming that hda is your sata drive. What are the results of the following "hdarm -t /dev/hda" "hdparm -dvi /dev/hda" The ICH5 chipset is the only chipset I've found that works well without libata.
-- There is no such thing as obsolete hardware. Merely hardware that other people don't want. (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
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