RE: How do I mount /dev/sdax at boot?

[Scott Thompson <sthompson@lldlaw.com>]

Nicolaus said: 
 
> Loki, I tried changing pass to 1, and the it (almost) worked. 
> I recompiled the kernel, this time with the SATA (libata) 
> support "fixed" in the kernel, and not as a module, and that 
> did the trick. 


I've had the same problem, but is hasn't really been any issue since my SATA
drive is for storage and not accessed that often, but isn't there a solution
short of recompiling the kernel?  Perhaps a way to load the module libata
earlier so there's no problem when fstab makes a pass.