> I'm running kernels configured that way (i.e. using libata PATA > drivers) for years on my hp workstation zx6000 (zx1 chipset) without > apparent problems.
Do you have PATA drives? My zx6000 just has SCSI: scsi host0: ioc0: LSI53C1030 C0, FwRev=01032341h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=57 scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access HP 36.4G MAU3036NC HPC2 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 scsi target0:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation scsi target0:0:0: Ending Domain Validation scsi target0:0:0: FAST-160 WIDE SCSI 320.0 MB/s DT IU QAS RTI WRFLOW PCOMP (6.25 ns, offset 127) [Wow! 36.4GB ... seemed like an OK sized drive back when that machine arrived in my lab. Now my phone has more than twice that amount of storage :-) ] -Tony
