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Comment 18 for bug 51308

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Mikael Nilsson (mini) wrote : Re: [Bug 51308] Re: [Bug 51308] Re: linux-image-2.6.17-[34]-686 doesn't boot, libata error

On tor, 2006-07-06 at 13:57 +0000, Sami Haahtinen wrote:
> * Your HD shows up as a SCSI device (sda)

Check.

> * kernel reports ata1 as PATA device (dmesg will tell)
>
>
> For me the line that kernel spits out is:
> ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xBFA0 irq 14

Check:

ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xBFA0 irq 14

> Another way is to see what IDE controller you have:
> ressu@denial:~/ > lspci | grep IDE
> 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA
> Controller (rev 03)

Check:
IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA
Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01)

>
> Then check check the make and model of your HD to see if it's a SATA
> drive.

Uhm, how do I tell? I'm getting confused - I thought I was using a SATA
drive. Now it seems it's an IDE drive being presented as a SATA drive.
Or did I misunderstand something?

/Mikael

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