DebuggingIDEIssues
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{{{break=top, modprobe ata_generic all_generic_ide=1 | {{{break=top, modprobe ide_generic all_generic_ide=1 |
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* To do this press ''e'' to edit then go down to kernel and press ''e'' again. When done adding press ''ESC'' to go back and then ''b'' to boot with this option. == Permanent == To make this persistent you can edit the grub config file as root such as gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst = Caveats = |
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Introduction
This page describes how to debug issue with IDE harddrives, CDROM and DVD drives.
Chances are that if you have newer hardware and are running a newer distribution, you are using the ata_piix module.
Debugging procedure
Temporary
- On power on, press 'Escape' to get the Grub boot menu
- Add the following kernel command line parameters at the end
{{{break=top, modprobe ide_generic all_generic_ide=1 }}}
To do this press e to edit then go down to kernel and press e again. When done adding press ESC to go back and then b to boot with this option.
Permanent
To make this persistent you can edit the grub config file as root such as gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Caveats
Also see:
DebuggingIDEIssues (last edited 2008-08-06 17:01:40 by localhost)