Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:39:15 -0800 | From | Auke Kok <> | Subject | Re: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18 |
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Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > root=/dev/hda2 is what was passed to the kernel from grub. > > Jeff > >> >> I just finished pulling out a melted IDE flash drive out of a Shuttle >> motherboard with the intel 945 chipset which claims to support >> SATA and IDE drives concurrently under Linux 2.6.18. >> >> The chip worked for about 30 seconds before liquifying in the >> chassis. I note that the 945 chipset in the shuttle PC had some serious >> issues recognizing 2 x SATA devices and a IDE device concurrently. >> Are there known problems with the Linux drivers >> with these newer chipsets. >> >> One other disturbing issue was the IDE flash drive was configured (and >> recognized) as /dev/hda during bootup, but when >> it got to the root mountint, even with root=/dev/hda set, it still >> kept thinking the drive was at scsi (ATA) device (08,13) >> and kept crashing with VFS cannot find root FS errors.
it sounds like someone switched the BIOS IDE setting from ide-compatible/legacy to AHCI or similar, a not uncommon option in the sata controllers on those boards.
None of that would explain the melting of anything of course.
Cheers,
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