On 2007/12/08 22:46 (GMT+0800) Joe Morris (NTM) apparently typed:
On 12/08/2007 09:10:26 (GMT-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
On 2007/12/08 14:32 (GMT+0100) Carlos E. R. apparently typed:
I rebooted without that option, and libata is not loaded, and I can access all my partitions.
Now maybe the thread can get onto answering the reason why I started it, and the thread subject: "does anyone know if hwprobe=-modules.pata has any meaning or relevance to anything other than the YaST installer?"
I sure don't understand your statement Felix. What do you think we were trying to do? It is obvious by what Carlos discovered by trial is that if the libata modules (in his case ata_piix and ata_generic) are not in the initrd, it boots even without the hwprobe line (if I understood what he did).
NAICT, Carlos "discovered by trial" what I had already demonstrated in http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-12/msg00810.html that hwprobe=-modules.pata serves no apparent function as a kernel parameter for booting an already installed system. I was trying to thwart further discussion that seemed focused on determining something already shown.
It is also obvious with it in the boot arguments, that even if the libata modules ARE in the initrd, it keeps them from loading and allows the regular ide drivers to control. So hwprobe=-modules.pata does have relevance to more than the installer,
I haven't yet seen it demonstrated in the thread what post-installation relevance hwprobe=-modules.pata exhibits. I was trying to push discussion to discovering whatever might exist.
but it is possible to work without it. It may not be able for the installer to work without it, since you can not change its initrd. At least that is my understanding AFTER the things Carlos has been willing to test. Mine would not be a good one to use to test, as I use libata.
Have you guys been saying that hwprobe=-modules.pata has some relevance to how an initrd is built? I do have one system running 10.2 and Factory that does have both PATA (NForce2) and (e)SATA (VT6420 "RAID") controllers, though I don't normally have any SATA disks attached to it. http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=M7NCD%20ULTRA If I knew something to try to demonstrate hwprobe=-modules.pata has some post-installation relevance, I could. You might note I simultaneously asked the exact same original question on the Factory list, but that as yet has shown no interest from any devs who might know the answer. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org