Anyone else get their machine hosed after last update?

[Bill Moseley]

Just to follow up:

On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 08:32:09PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> 
> With a pointer to:
> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_7.04/Issues/USB-SATA_race_condition_causes_hang
> 
> I have not tried that (I'm not running 7.04) but indeed the ATA errors
> happens right after the line about starting USB.
> 
> Anyone know if that fix would apply to 8.04?

Yes, that link at Dell did solve my problem on a Vostro 400.

Interesting that the problem was reported on 7.04 but my my 8.04
machine was running fine until the last update.  Seems like I would
have seen the problem sooner.

That script at the site is:

 #!/bin/sh
 PREREQ=""
 prereqs()
 {
        echo "$PREREQ"
 }
 case $1 in
 # get pre-requisites
 prereqs)
        prereqs
        exit 0
        ;;
 esac
 modprobe -Qb ata_piix

Other than load the ata_piix module what does the code do?


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