B Thomas wrote: >Hi, > >Yep the cd does load sata drives (libata, ata_piix). It was an issue >with /etc/fstab. I changed /dev/hda to /dev/sda and that worked. Thank >you. But there is still an issue with the sata drivers. I am able to boot >of the hard drive now and base-config starts up. However base config >can not detect the sata cd/dvd. "dmesg | grep ATAPI" shows : > >ata2: dev 0 ATAPI, max UDMA/33 >ata2: WARNING: ATAPI is disabled, device ignored > >"lsmod" shows : > >ide_cd >cdrom >ata_piix >libata >scsi_mod >sd_mod >ide_core >generic > >and a many others. > >A google search indicated that adding a boot param >libata.atapi_enabled=1 should help. Doing so either in grub menu.lst or >at boot time still results in the same problem. > >Just to confirm "uname -r" shows : >2.6.15-1-686-smp > >As far as I could tell 2.6.15 should accept the boot param and sata >cd/dvd should be detected. I am clueless here. Could it be that ide_cd >is interfering with sata cd/dvd detection. Is there a way to remove the >ATAPI CD module from the installed kernel ? > >regards >b thomas > > > >
Cool, yesterday there was a user who basically had the same problem that you now face. Read the following post: http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2006/05/msg00007.html It should cover most of your questions ;) Post back here if you need more help. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]