Re: SATA DVD not recognized
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote:
> Somehow I fail to see how changing the source file of a module one has
> to subsequently recompile can qualify as "works pretty well". Damn, we
> are not in the dark ages were Linux users were suposed (required) to be
> computer geeks.
The SATA ATAPI support is not stable yet. Heck, its specification was not in
its final form a few months ago, either. Might not even be final yet, for
all I know. SATA may not look like it, but it *is* bleeding edge. I think
there isn't a standard SATA connector for notebook drives yet, for example.
So, the dark ages comment is not really deserved. And not enabling unstable
stuff in a distribution kernel is quite a wise decision, thank you very
much. When that code is stable, it will be enabled by default. Maybe it
already will for 2.6.14, we can hope.
> 1) Debian can not be installed on a SATA HD from scratch with a 2.6
> kernel. Rather, one has to install with kernel 2.4, _then_ upgrade the
Yeah, we really should get a updated version of the installer out, with a
2.6.12+ kernel. But that would mean upgrading the stable kernel, which
ain't easy to do. And it wouldn't support SATA DVDs either right now
anyway, since Linux upstream hasn't enabled them yet.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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