Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >>> $ wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>>

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >>> $ wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>>

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you suggesting I upgrade to the >> Hardy beta, or just set my repositories to Hardy and update. Won't that >> be an upgrade? How stable is Hardy. I know the code free

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I downloaded the Kubuntu 8.04 Desktop CD ISO, burned the ISO and booted. >> It DOES install my hard drives as /dev/hd devices, not /dev/sd and I can >> access them without any problem, so whatever is causing my prob

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I've removed/commented everything from /etc/initramfs-tools/modules except >> >> via82cxxx >> ide_generic >> ide_disk >> ide_cd >> >> And I've run >> >> $update-in

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I've removed/commented everything from /etc/initramfs-tools/modules except >> >> via82cxxx >> ide_generic >> ide_disk >> ide_cd >> >> And I've run >> >> $update-in

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> That's almost done it. I can see my two CD drives, /dev/hdc and >> /dev/hdd. It seems that something else is still missing, or maybe I need >> to take something out. Would anything else be effected by taking

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > >> I'll file the bug report as you, suggest, tonight or this weekend. But >> until I hear a respones to the bug report, is there anyway to force the >> newer kernel to setup drives by path with hdxn instead of sdxn? Also,

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> boot the 2.6.22.14-generic kernel? I have a 4 year old Soyo motherboard >> with Via chipset. Can I rebuild the kernel to get this older IDE >> support? I can still boot into my Feisty kernel. >> > >

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > >> Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Starting from Gutsy, the old IDE chipset drivers are no longer included in >>> the kernel package. >>> >> Could this be my p

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

hardware, I suggest keep the old IDE drivers until this bug is fixed, so that > users can still use their external CD/DVD writers in Ubuntu after very little > manual configuration. They should not conflict with anything if not loaded. > > Wenzhuo > > Thanks, Rick Knight --

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