[ale] Boot failed

[Jeff Hubbs]

"SATA isn't supported in the 2.6 kernel??" he exclaimed, typing on his 
dual-SATA 2.6 machine.  I can't speak for the vanilla 2.6.15, however.

Gee, I would have just switched distributions rather than buy a new server.

That's OK - I've gotten four free printers from someone who apparently 
thinks printers are broken when their ink runs out...

Jeff


Paul Cartwright wrote:

>On Fri February 10 2006 10:10 am, danlambert at bellsouth.net wrote:
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>>Because of problems I've experienced in the past with some BIOS
>>versions not liking to cooperate when using multiple boot devices,
>>I've been using  only the CD drive (usually configured as the first
>>boot device, and then the drive I prefer (IDE or SATA) as the second
>>boot device.
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>>>While troubleshooting the current issue, I switched it to:
>>>
>>>1: CD-ROM
>>>2: Floppy
>>>3: IDE
>>>4: SATA
>>>      
>>>
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>unless you got updated drivers, SATA isn't supported in the 2.6 kernel, 
>to the best of my knowledge..
>I just did a RHES install, V3 update 4, and it failed to load with dual 
>SATA drives. The customer had to go out and buy a new server with a 
>SCSI drive.
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