Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:24:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: andyliebman@aol.com
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Atapi CDROM, SATA OS drive, and 2.6.14+ kernel
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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.

> Can't find the magic formula. Help would be appreciated.

-- 
~Randy
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