Chris,

Starting in AstLinux 1.0.1 all drives will show up as /dev/sd[a-h], that is the 
newer, better approach.  The older IDE /dev/hda approach is depreciated in the 
kernel.

Lonnie


On Dec 22, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Chris Abnett wrote:

> Does this kernel option then make the drives show up as "/dev/hda" instead
> of "/dev/sda"?
> 
> I had to make a kernel option change to get astlinux to run on my Jetway
> dual core boards if the SATA controller was turned off on the board..   I
> noticed the difference being how the drives were referenced....
> 
> -Christopher
> 
> On 12/22/11 1:31 PM, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote:
> 
>> One test, on your working 0.7 HP Thin client install, do a "lspci -vvv"
>> and see if you have something like:
>> --
>> 00:0e.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c5) (prog-if fa)
>> --
>> that is the issue.
>> 
>> Adding kernel support CONFIG_PATA_ALI=y in 1.0.1 fixed the problem.
>> 
>> If you have some other controller for the IDE interface, let us know to
>> make sure it is in the kernel.
>> 
>> Lonnie
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:53 AM, John Novack -W7P wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>> Do you believe this applies to ALL the HP thin clients, 5700, 5710,
>>> 5720 and the 55xx versions?
>>> 
>>> I do know that there are some significant differences in other areas
>>> between the HP's. Video comes to mind.
>>> I have several different models available if further testing is needed.
>>> 
>>> John Novack
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>>>> Dear users with HP Thin Clients like the T5710...
>>>> 
>>>> With Brian's help, we were able to identify and fix the boot problem
>>>> related to recognizing the IDE hardware in the T5710 with AstLinux
>>>> 1.0.0 .  The fix will be available when AstLinux 1.0.1 is released,
>>>> sometime in January.
>>>> 
>>>> Until then, HP Thin Client users should hold off upgrading to 1.0
>>>> until that time.
>>>> 
>>>> Lonnie
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 20, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Brian Barr wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm having some issues getting 1.0 working on a T5710 ..
>>>>> 
>>>>> The T5710 has an internal 512MB SSD and 256MB memory.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All works fine using 0.7.9 (or any 0.7.x for that matter)
>>>>> 
>>>>> After installing 1.0, boot sequence fails with "Runnix: Astlinux
>>>>> medium not found."
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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