old disk access

[rikona]

On Thu, 16 May 2019 02:40:31 +0200
Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> The mobo I'm using at the moment has got no PATA/IDE connectors at
> all. Assuming new kernels would suffer from an IDE controller
> support regression, how many users would report this upstream?

I don't plug these drives into the MB. You bring up an idea - wouldn't
the IDE controller support be built into the USB device, and not the
comp? Could that be where the "small drive" problem occurs?

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