I read:
> I have tried booting various different kernels...
try passing
boot: linux ide2=0x180,0x386
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
to the kernel and it should be fine,
http://lo-res.org/~x/vaio.txt might be of some help
regards,
x
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