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SubjectRe: SATA/IDE Dual Mode w/Intel 945 Chipset or HOW TO LIQUIFY a flash IDE chip under 2.6.18
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,

Auke
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