Re: install/46287: Sysinst halts at root: when booting ISO from PATA DVD drive

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/46287; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: Gerard Lally <gerard%netmail.ie@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, install-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/46287: Sysinst halts at root: when booting ISO from PATA
 DVD drive
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:21:53 +0200

 On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 01:58:21PM +0100, Gerard Lally wrote:
 > >  Under 6.0_BETA the controller where the cd0 drive is attached is
 > >  driven by ahcisata(4), under 5.1.2 it's driven by pciide(4).
 > >  Can you confirm that this is a SATA DVD drive and not PATA ?
 > 
 > 
 > Thank you. It is a PATA drive Manuel.
 
 OK, so replacing pciide with ahcisata is wrong, as this will hide the
 PATA channel. Something like jmide(4) is needed, which can drive both
 the PATA channels and the ahci(4) part. I will need to find more infos
 about this controller ...
 
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