libATA was not used until the 2.6.25 kernels which was when the device
names changed to /dev/sdx. So why is kernel 2.6.24 now booting hard
disks on the motherboard ide ports as /dev/sdx? The slave hard disk on
the second ide port of my IT8212 pci card is still referenced as
/dev/hdd, presumably meaning the device cannot be referenced as
/dev/sdx, which also presumably means that the 2.6.26 kernels which do
not support /dev/hdx are not going to be able to handle this device,
which probably explains why the 2.6.26 kernels abort their boot process
when they try to detect this device. What can be done to rectify this
situation when removing the IT8212 card is not an option?
regards,
Steve
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