Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:11:10 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | 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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Auke Kok wrote:
> 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.
Would be if pin 20 were powered for some reason (which it should NOT be).
Jeff
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