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  1. Bug #157909
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 157909

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wateenellende (fpbeekhof) wrote : Re: [Bug 157909] Re: IDE0 and IDE1 taken over by SATA in Gutsy

I second to that, and I would like to add that the result is a not a
minor inconvenience, but an unbootable system.

IMHO "System becomes unbootable" qualifies as excellent example of
"Bugs which represent severe regressions from the previous release of
Ubuntu"

>
> Do we even know why the setting was changed?
>
To my knowledge, I could very well be wrong, it is a new parameter.

Matt Mossholder wrote:
> I would beg to differ with the statement that this does not meet the SRU
> criteria. In particular, this seems to be a "Bugs which represent severe
> regressions from the previous release of Ubuntu". Previous versions
> supported these configurations, while with gutsy the follow is the case:
>
> * the configurations impacted are common (how many SATA ports come on modern motherboards? 6? 8?)
> * the impact of fixing the situation is minimal (very slight increase in the size of a small table)
> * the systems impacted are ones specifically being targeted by Ubuntu (desktops and small to mid-sized servers).
>
> In effect, gutsy has taken something that "just worked" and "just broke"
> it.
>
> Do we even know why the setting was changed?
>