I think Jeremy is on the right track what worked for me on a M70 and M90 is adding "hda=noprobe" on the kernel commandline or in grub.
Roger -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy L. Moles Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:05 AM To: Brian D. McGrew Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-precision-Lists Subject: Re: 2.6.16.16 Lost CD-ROM Drive On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 07:00 -0800, Brian D. McGrew wrote: > Hey guys- > > Have a Precision workstation with SATA hard drive and SATA CD-ROM. If > I load Fedora Core 5 with a stock 2.6.15 kernel, life is good. > > However, I need to use 2.6.16.16. Once I build and install this > kernel, my CD-ROM drive is gone. There is a log entry in dmesg that > says "ATAPI not support. Ignoring." > > If I go into the BIOS and set the SATA operations to Legacy/Compatible > then everything is fine. I've rebuilt this kernel about 100 times > trying everything I can think of. > > When I have SATA set to legacy, the HDD and CD are detected as > /dev/hd* and when they're set to SATA Normal operation the HDD is > detected as /dev/sda. If I boot my old 2.6.15 (stock install) kernel > then the CD is found as /dev/sdc. > > I've even tried taking the installation default configuration file for > the 2.6.15 kernel and just wholesale copying it into my 2.6.16.16 > kernel and build that way but still no go. > > What am I missing to get the 2.6.16.16 kernel to see a SATA CD-ROM > drive in normal, non-legacy move? Try booting 2.6.16 with the following options: libata.atapi_enabled=1 ide0=noprobe ide1=noprobe > -brian > > Brian D. McGrew { [EMAIL PROTECTED] || > [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > -- > > Do not read this email while waxing that cat! > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-Precision mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-precision > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list > archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/ > _______________________________________________ Linux-Precision mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-precision Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq or search the list archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/htdig/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
