Will Ubuntu 8.10 work with IDE?


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Ubuntu 8.04 couldn't run on IDE. It only worked with RAID. Will Ubuntu 8.10 work with IDE?

Are you sure about Ubuntu 8.04 not working on IDE drives?

a) There are far too many IDE-only PCs for Ubuntu to ignore them.

b) Linux is known to be compatible with a lot of hardware. Especially older hardware.

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Are you sure about Ubuntu 8.04 not working on IDE drives?

a) There are far too many IDE-only PCs for Ubuntu to ignore them.

b) Linux is known to be compatible with a lot of hardware. Especially older hardware.

I'm 100% sure. This is why I can't have Ubuntu on my computer. I have Vista and it runs on IDE. I wanted to dual-boot between Ubuntu and Vista, but the IDE/RAID conflict was a problem.

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I think that the problem was that the BIOS setting was set to one thing for a SATA RAID, if I remember correct.

Is this the thread you are referencing?

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=672938

Also here:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry589839204

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There seems to be some bug in hardy with some IDE controllers not being properly detected and hence proper modules not loading.

IIRC you'd have to add all_generic_ide to the kernel line (press 'e' on the grub screen). Once you've managed to boot, add that in the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst so you don't have to repeat the previous step on every boot.

I had a similar problem with feisty, and back then the offending module was piix.

Then again maybe that's not actually related with your problem, though.

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Secondly, if you read the thread, you would see that it relates to how it operates with specific BIOS drive mode settings. Ubuntu worked fine one way, Vista the other.

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