Re: libata in 2.4.24?

Samuel Flory
2003-12-01T21:24:12Z

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.
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Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com>