[tlinux-users:08448] Re: Toshiba Tecra S3 - Linux doesn't see my sata harddrive.

zentara <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.hardware.toshiba
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 20 May 2007 03:02:09 +0200
CoUnt3r <[email protected]> wrote:

>Knoppix (kernel-2.6.11) uses "ahci". Ubuntu (2.6.20-15) and fedora (2.6.18.1)
>loads "ata_piix" first and then "ahci".  Is it my problem? What happens,
>when i delete "ata_piix" from the initrd ? Need another hardware this module?
>Maybe should "ahci" be hard preloaded in the initrd? 
>
>What and how can i do to fix this issue?
>
>Thanks!
>Tobias

Hi again. This is just another tip. I have a Satellite S2246 with a SATA
harddrive, and had problems getting it to boot like you (with a 2.6.20-2 kernel, 
until I built these into the kernel.

Your situation may be slightly different due to different hardware bridges,
but it may be worth looking at the kernel docs, and seeing what
you need in the kernel or initrd.

For a no-initrd kernel on a Satellite S2246, build in:

processor
thermal
sata_sil
atiixp
fan
edd

All I can remember from memory, is that in the 2.6.20-2 kernel,
SATA drives needed edd, atiixp, and sata_sil (for my hardware).

zentara


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