From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:51:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:51:55 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:56454 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:51:54 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.4.21-pre2 harddisk not in /proc/partitions with pdc_new From: Alan Cox To: Soeren Sonnenburg Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1041416324.982.11.camel@sun> References: <1041416324.982.11.camel@sun> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 01 Jan 2003 20:42:56 +0000 Message-Id: <1041453776.21708.7.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 10:18, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > As this box has two pdc20268 (promise tx2) ide controllers I can > reproduce this behaviour on both of them with different harddisks. > > Linux was booting using a harddisk on the onboard via vt8235 chipset > (asus a7v8x). > > This problem does not occur with 2.4.20. > > I will happily supply additional information if needed. Please provide a full lspci and also the dmesg of the boot. I know what this might be, the boot logs should confirm my suspicion one way or another