kernel modules

[kristian.hermansen at gmail.com (Kristian Hermansen)]

jbk wrote:
> The kernel maintainers have introduced a new way to address ide devices 
> via the libata module. From what I can glean from the conversations I 
> have encoutered on bugzilla (RH) the new driver addresses ide devices as 
> scsi. This has created problems for some users myself included. I have 
> an atapi tape drive that just doesn't work under that regime. I have 
> found that I can manually unload all the scsi modules and then I can 
> access the tape drive just fine. But how do I keep these scsi modules 
> from reloading  on reboot?

libata is far superior than the old IDE subsystem.  However, if you need 
to disable it for any reason, you should be able to pass an option to 
the kernel like libata=0.  Check the docs...
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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