[arch] kernel .19 series hits testing
Aaron Griffin
aaronmgriffin at gmail.com
Fri Dec 1 11:22:57 EST 2006
On 12/1/06, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi
> kernel 2.6.19 series is now in testing, it will be the kernel series for 0.8
> release
> so please test this stuff well before it can go into current repository.
>
> Changes:
> - new IDE/ATA subsystem more details below:
> The new kernel introduces the new ata/pata subsystem,
> - PATA/IDE SUPPORT IS EXPERIMENTAL!
> - you need to change from ide hook to pata in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
> HOOKS=
> - don' forget to rebuild your initrd image after this modification
> - Name scheming changes:
> your device nodes in /dev change then from hd? to sd?
> -> update your root=/dev/hd? GRUB/LILO entries
> -> FSTAB needs to be modified, change all /dev/hd? entries
> - Examples:
> /dev/hda3 --> /dev/sda3
> /dev/hdc8 --> /dev/sdc8
> - at the moment it's experimental only activate it
> if you know how to rescue the system if something goes wrong!
Is this handled with your installer changes in the newisos?
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