Re: More linux hate

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From: Thomas R. Sibley
Subject: Re: More linux hate
Date: 00:23 on 29 Feb 2004
Luke A. Kanies wrote on 02/28/04 16:56:
> But really.  Just moving from SCSI to IDE.

Maybe you're talking about some special situation, and I realize my 
situation was slightly different than yours, but recently (month or so 
ago) I added two IDE drives to a system with two SCSI drives already. 
Besides some problems with IRQs (BIOS fault), it was no hassle at all; I 
recompiled the kernel with IDE support for my controller, moved the 
bzImage to /boot, edited grub.conf, and rebooted with the new kernel; it 
worked great.  I don't know why you were even fussing with mkinitrd.

> So, I ask, WTF can't Debian do this?

Yeah, I agree with you there.  It's just being stupid.  I run Gentoo 
(which I'll admit has it's shortcomings, just like anything else) and if 
you use their utility (genkernel) to compile the kernel (which I've only 
done once; like to do it by hand, personally), it'll automatically add 
the autodetection support in the kernel it builds just like is in their 
LiveCD.

> Linux is not long for this house, at least not on a workstation.

Whatever works for you, but I've had no problem with it on my primary 
workstation for over two years (since I got this machine).

Tom

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