kernel modules

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

Matthew Gillen wrote:


> You're not dense, that's pretty cryptic documentation.  I'd try the following
> in succession until one worked (independently first, then maybe in combination):
> 1) add "hdx=noprobe" to your kernel command line, where 'x' is the old IDE
> name for the device (ie 'a' for Primary on first IDE, 'd' for Secondary on
> second IDE)  (you can also try 'ideX=noprobe, which should be equivalent)
> 2) add "libata.atapi_enabled=0" to your kernel command line
> 3) add "combined_mode=ide" to your kernel command line (this will probably
> make your hard drives appear as hdxx instead of sdxx)
> 4) add "libata=0" to your kernel command line (same effect as #2 on your
> device names)
> 
> Good luck,
> Matt
> 

Thanks Matt,
I already added item 3 to the command line with no effect. I 
don't think libata is fully implimented in Fc6 as it is in 
Fc7, my drives are still recognized as hdx. I will try the 
steps you outlined, but I may have to add them to 
modprobe.conf instead. I did google libata.atapi which 
returned a number of posts from developer sites that were 
informative but not conclusive. Most of it was from 2005 
which leads me to believe that the development interest has 
trailed off. They got it to work with most common hardware 
like HDD's and CD/DVD's and considered it successful. Most 
people who have atapi tape drives use streaming software 
like amanda or bacula or commercial software and use the 
ide-scsi work around. I just use a script that Glen 
Burkhardt of this lug supplied me, which has worked 
flawlessly for five years. I use the tar / dd commands of 
this script to write to the tape.

Jim KR

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