Hi Rob On 10/03/10 09:12, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:35:31 -0000, Tim Allen <t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk> > wrote: > >> I can live without the drive, so would be grateful for adviceon how I >> can prevent the kernel autodetecting the drive. > > To walk into the obvious door. Why can't you unplug the drive? Or just > disable it in the BIOS? >
The kernel doesn't care whether it's disabled in the BIOS. I have temporarily disconnected it, but this was as much about a bit of a learning exercise! Cheers Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
