On 2007/12/08 22:46 (GMT+0800) Joe Morris (NTM) apparently typed: > On 12/08/2007 09:10:26 (GMT-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> On 2007/12/08 14:32 (GMT+0100) Carlos E. R. apparently typed: >>> I rebooted without that option, and libata is not loaded, and I can access >>> all my partitions. >> Now maybe the thread can get onto answering the reason why I started it, and >> the thread subject: "does anyone know if hwprobe=-modules.pata has any >> meaning or relevance to anything other than the YaST installer?" > I sure don't understand your statement Felix. What do you think we were > trying to do? It is obvious by what Carlos discovered by trial is that > if the libata modules (in his case ata_piix and ata_generic) are not in > the initrd, it boots even without the hwprobe line (if I understood what > he did). NAICT, Carlos "discovered by trial" what I had already demonstrated in http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-12/msg00810.html that hwprobe=-modules.pata serves no apparent function as a kernel parameter for booting an already installed system. I was trying to thwart further discussion that seemed focused on determining something already shown. > It is also obvious with it in the boot arguments, that even if > the libata modules ARE in the initrd, it keeps them from loading and > allows the regular ide drivers to control. So hwprobe=-modules.pata > does have relevance to more than the installer, I haven't yet seen it demonstrated in the thread what post-installation relevance hwprobe=-modules.pata exhibits. I was trying to push discussion to discovering whatever might exist. > but it is possible to > work without it. It may not be able for the installer to work without > it, since you can not change its initrd. At least that is my > understanding AFTER the things Carlos has been willing to test. Mine > would not be a good one to use to test, as I use libata. Have you guys been saying that hwprobe=-modules.pata has some relevance to how an initrd is built? I do have one system running 10.2 and Factory that does have both PATA (NForce2) and (e)SATA (VT6420 "RAID") controllers, though I don't normally have any SATA disks attached to it. http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=M7NCD%20ULTRA If I knew something to try to demonstrate hwprobe=-modules.pata has some post-installation relevance, I could. You might note I simultaneously asked the exact same original question on the Factory list, but that as yet has shown no interest from any devs who might know the answer. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]