[Aurora-sparc-user] [ANNOUNCE] Aurora SPARC Linux Build 2.99 (Beta 2 for 3.0)

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Sun Dec 30 10:58:00 EST 2007


On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 14:40 +0100, Karel van Houten wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I finally got some time to try 2.99 to install on one of my Ultra10's. 
> Sadly after booting the kernel from IDE-DVD, the linux system refuses to 
> see any IDE device (no cdrom, no hard disk). I have 2 disks, each as 
> master, and the DVD as slave on the primary IDE. This worked OK in 
> aurora 2.0
> 
> Can anyone confirm this problem, or help me to avoid this? It seems like 
> the IDE support is missing from the install kernel...

I've confirmed this, and I'm working on a fix. I should have something
to test soon, probably later in the week (after the holidays are over).
I'll announce it here when it is ready.

Thanks,

~spot



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