Bug#317096: Kernel panic : /sbin/init: BIOS worries

[Matt Flax <flatmax@Matt.Flax>]

Hi,

It appears that this is not a complete solution ....

The current mechanism is sensitive to the state of the PATA and SATA 
controllers on the motherboard.
If run in combined mode, where both PATA and SATA appear as hd[abcd]'s 
then initrd will fail.
If run in solo mode, SATAs appear as hd[abcd] ... then initrd will 
succeed.

For example I disable combined mode and the PATA DVDROM dissapears 
from BIOS and is un-useable, BUT initrd works and the system boots ...

I have a feeling that is bug is a kernel bug ... but don't know for 
sure.

Matt