Re: DVD drive not recognized on Intel G965 (2.6.19-rc2)

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 15:49:50 EST


Ryan Richter wrote:

On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 01:56:44PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Ryan Richter (ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > Hi, I have a new machine with an Intel 965G chipset. There's a DVD
> > drive on the IDE port that I can boot off of, but linux doesn't find it.
> >
>
> Hi Ryan,
> I suspect that the DVD is connected to a JMicron IDE coontroller not
> to the 965 itself? I might be wrong but I'd heard fo a few 965 machines
> like that?
> Try turning that on in the kernel config

I tried the JMicron driver, but it didn't find a controller. This board
has only one PATA port, and I'm pretty sure it's from the Intel
southbridge.


I have a similar board.

Try adding all-generic-ide to the kernel command line, and if that fails, post your lspci output.

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