Udev, kernel 2.6, SATA, and FlashDisk
Just a little bit of sharing:
I've 2 brand new PCs yesterday both using sata drive.
Installing debian then upgrade all packages to testing
worked fine.
Installing kernel 2.6, udev, hotplug and discover then reboot
my computer.....blah...kernel panic...
I noticed that the sata drive which previously detected as /dev/hda
when installing a fresh bf24 is turned into /dev/sda, so it's solved
by typing root=/dev/sda1 at boot prompt then after login edit
/etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab then execute lilo.
But still it's bother me. For an unexperienced desktop user this
would be his/her good point to turn back into the deep dark side
of gate'$ way.
AFAIK udev assumes sata drive as scsi drive, and this is not good
for me. On my '/dev/hda based system' to mount flashdisk I just
need to type mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /to/some/mount-point.
Or having it mounted automagically by gnome.
But since my sda is already used, I need something else around.
In my sata machine ( AFAIK as I read from /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/
Flash-Memory-HOWTO ) I need to stick it manually to some mount point
by searching the vendor name of the flash drive and editing
my udev.rules and /etc/fstab then reboot which is quite hell for me.
Imagin' how many times I should do that while there will be a lot of
flashdrives belong to my friends will be coming by and stuck at
these boxes. Those which I believe with various vendor name.
( one day after first installation I've done it twice ).
Keep the good work to all developers anyway, I'll always wait for
further improvement enthusiastically.
Thanks,
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