On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:26:54PM -0700, cls@truffula.sj.ca.us wrote:
> [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.]
>
> I've revved four machines from Sarge to Etch now,
> following the release notes and letting it replace
> devfs with udev. All worked fine.
>
> The fifth machine was a mess. It's got two
> PATA drives, on the first PATA channel on a
> motherboard with two unused SATA sockets.
> There is also a disk controller with two
> PATA channels, unused, in a PCI slot.
>
If you're not using the extra disk controller, take it out
of the PCI slot. I had precisely this problem with a
Promise card whereby you could install onto the drives on
the motherboard controller but thereafter on reboot the
BIOS wouldn't see them because the PCI controller took priority.


AndyC


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