2009/7/2 Michael Lotz <mmlr@xxxxxxxx>: >> On 2009-07-01 at 17:25:10 [+0200], scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > Seems most were ok with switching to the ATA driver and keeping the >> > IDE >> > as a fallback (at build time), so can we make the change and see >> > how it >> > goes? (or did it happen and I didn't see it?) >> >> We have not yet heard Michael Lotz' opinion. > > Well. There are a few cases where ATA doesn't seem to work. There's a > recent bugreport about a drive not being recognized, there's another > one about ATA not working on a nForce chipset and there is the EeePC. > The EeePC completely locks up at boot with the ATA stack. My EeeBox works with the ATA driver. does the EeePC use a different chipset? -- Cheers David