Comment 18 for bug 213308

On Wed, 09 April 2008 at 21:47 (-0000), Linda Polman wrote:
> I'm ok with openening my case and all.. but I wonder if single drive
> mode is a good thing to do in my rig? I have a 160GB WD pata disk, on
> which I have my windows and kubuntu. and a 500GB Sata disk for all my
> data.

The "single" setting is for the individual ATA controller. PATA
controllers support up to two drives per controller. When there is only
one drive, it can be configured to act as a "single" drive or a "master"
drive. When there are two drives, one must be the "master", and the
other a "slave". This is typically configured by a small jumper on the
rear of the drive (where all the cables plug in). Often the pin
configurations are on the drive itself; you may want to Google your
drive as well.

This suggestion from an Ubuntu Forum member suggests that re-configuring
the driver from "master" to "single" should fix the problem. This
should be safe for your system because the 500GB SATA disk is on a
separate controller: it is SATA, not PATA. Hopefully, re-configuring
the drive will work out and allow you to use the more recent kernels.

That said, please understand that I (nor Ubuntu) are providing
any warranty as to the safety of your data. You should absolutely
have backups of everything you deem important!

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