Last night I got an update message for a new 2.6.20-14-generic kernel so I figured what the heck, I'll give it a try. I downloaded and installed the update and what do you know the thing actually boots without any problems. I'm a little confused though because I'm not sure if they released the 2.6.20-14-generic as a newer update to the old 2.6.20-14-generic and just didn't change the version number or what.
Something I did notice though, some of my hdparm optimizations like multicount and such no longer initialize in this drive using the new libata driver. My read speed went from around 60mb/sec down to 28mb/sec. I'm guessing this is still early code and over time will mature more. One thing of note, on my system I had to disable most of the ide tweaks in the bios just to get the thing to boot with the 2.6.20 series kernels. I should add that I have two internal drives, one a 20gb and the other a 400gb. Ubuntu is on the 20gb and even with the older 2.6.20 kernels would boot okay, so long as I disabled things like UDMA access and DMA transfers and stuff in the bios. The 400gb drive is the one that gave me all of the problems regarding the host protected area and is what lead me to this thread. I have not tried enabling most of these tweaks in the bios with this "new 2.6.20-14-generic" kernel that recognizes the 400gb drive correctly. I will have to try that tonight. -- pata driver in libata is thwarted by HPA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82314 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
