Re: "ide=reverse" do we still need this?

[Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:43:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> Can't you just boot with /dev/disk/by-id/ and an initramfs to not have
> to worry about such a thing in the future?
> 
 Can comebody remind me what the initramfs is for in that situation,
please ?  From the little I've noticed, I thought the /dev/disk/by-id
part went into fstab ?  At the moment, I just build the things I
think I need in to the kernel on that box, without modules.

 Anyway, I'll try to find time to read my notes to see if I can
identify what happened/when, and to take the box down again so I
can try to confirm exactly what the problem is, if it still exists.
I certainly won't be taking it down until I've written my weekly
backups to tape at the weekend, so maybe not before next week.

> Have you tried the PATA drivers instead of IDE to see if this solves the
> "moves around" issue?  If they work, then you would not need the command
> line option at all.

 My previous kernel was 2.18-series, I think at that time they were
still under development.  This box handles the backups for my
various desktop boxes, which is why I'm very conservative about
changing it.  I guess the drivers are stable now, I'll maybe give
that a go (depending on time).

Ken
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