Re: [SLUG] using ide cdrom when booting from a sata drive (debian sarge)

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Sun Dec 04 2005 - 03:24:03 EST


Alex Harris wrote:

>KDM won't start if I use 2.4
>
>On 12/3/05, Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>From: Alex Harris <nccuss17@gmail.com>
>>>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>>>To: slug@nks.net
>>>Subject: [SLUG] using ide cdrom when booting from a sata drive (debian
>>>sarge)
>>>Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:57:12 -0500
>>>
>>>Well I managed to get debian sarge installed and booting off of a sata
>>>drive.
>>>For the most part it works great. Unfortunatly the ide cdrom drive
>>>does not work, and if I connect a regular ide drive to the other ide
>>>bus, it's not detected under linux either.
>>>
>>>Here's the kicker, this is only an issue with the 2.6 kernel, if I
>>>boot off of the 2.4 kernel (yes the default kernel for debian sarge
>>>is still 2.4), I can see all my regular ide devices.
>>>
>>>Any ideas as how to see the ide cdrom drive under 2.6 (it's actually
>>>2.6.8-2)?
>>>
>>>
>>Is there a reason you cannot use the 2.4 kernel?
>>
>>-Jonathon
>>
>>
>>
>>
It will for me. Currently, I am running Sarge with 2.6, but I have used
2.4.

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