Re: Atapi CDROM, SATA OS drive, and 2.6.14+ kernel

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, andy liebman wrote:

> rdunlap@xenotime.net wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 andyliebman@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> Can somebody tell me what changed in the 2.6.14 kernel that doesn't
> >> allow me to access my CDROM drive when my OS drive is SATA?
> >>
> >> I have an image of a working 2.6.14 system that was installed on an IDE
> >> drive. I restored the image to a SATA drive, changed a few lines in
> >> /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf so that they refer to /dev/sd* devices
> >> instead of /dev/hd* devices.
> >>
> >> I also modified /etc/modprobe.conf so that it is identical to the file
> >> that Mandriva 2006 produces when installed directly to a SATA drive
> >> (but Mandriva 2006 has the 2.6.12.x kernel).
> >>
> >> I can't mount my CDROM when running 2.6.14.x
> >>
> >> I have googled this for several days. I have seen posts about passing
> >> options to the kernel and including extra lines in modprobe.conf like:
> >>
> >> libata atapi_enabled=1
> >
> > should be:
> >   libata.atapi_enabled=1
> > if libata is built into the kernel image.
>
> Well, I added that to my modprobe.conf file, remade the initrd. But then
> on rebooting I got a kernel panic -- VFS not able to sync root filesystem.

or Unable to mount root filesystem ??

Are your SCSI & SATA drivers built as loadable modules or
built into the kernel image?
Why use an inited at all?

> Any other ideas?
>
> >
> >> Can't find the magic formula. Help would be appreciated.

-- 
~Randy
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