Comment 96 for bug 228302

I followed the instructions in post #85, made backups of the 2 files before I modified them for easy reversal if needed... Here's what I did...

1. Add "blacklist pata_ali" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
2. Run "sudo update-initramfs -u"
3. Add "ata_generic.all_generic_ide=1" to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line in /etc/default/grub
4. Run "sudo update-grub"
5. Reboot (preferably using the recovery option so that you can see the verbose boot information).

I booted into recovery mode...then when a MS-DOS style windows with ANSI came up, I selected the first option, to continue booting normally.

I did not notice any errors...but then again, I couldnt scroll the display to backtrace...but everything seemed fine...albeit with no GUI...so I shutdown and restarted this time NOT using recovery mode...and I am in Ubuntu Karmic now...everything appears to be the same, unchanged, no difference...

First thing I did is to see if my drives are /dev/sdX or /dev/hdX, and they are still /dev/sdX...so did a

Canada_Lee@HOME:~$ sudo hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda: No such file or directory
Canada_Lee@HOME:~$ sudo hdparm /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 multcount = 16 (on)
 IO_support = 0 (default)
 readonly = 0 (off)
 readahead = 256 (on)
 geometry = 48641/255/63, sectors = 781422768, start = 0
lee@HOME:~$ sudo hdparm -c1 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 1
 HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
 IO_support = 0 (default)

So, is there anything I need to do to make my system change the drives from /dev/sdX to /dev/hdX?

Also, right this second, which is being used right this second? ata_generic or pata_ali? How can I verify which is in use right now?

Also, if any updates happen, with they wipe out this change I am trying to make? And will I have to do this change everytime a certain thing gets updated?

I dont know if this matters, but I am using Prelink and Preload.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Laters.