Re: hard drive recognition for >2.4.16 kernels

[TJ Sellari <tjs@drjohnson.personal.nccu.edu.tw>]

More details:

The box has a VIA 8237SATA, chipset revision 128, according to boot messages.

Three messages that seem relevant are

Module ide_probe_mod cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in include/linux/module.h: 483
hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0 ATA DISK drive

and, later,

Module generic cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in include/linux/module.h: 483

and, ominously,

Module via82cxxx cannot be unloaded due to unsafe usage in include/linux/module.h: 483
FATAL: Module ide_probe_mod already in kernel.

These boot message occur when I'm trying to boot 2.6.0, by the way.

Unfortunately, the box has been sealed by the dealer here with seals that warn of a voided warranty should they be broken; hence, the box's owner doesn't want me to open the case.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated, threats of physical violence against the owner excepted.


Tom