How to boot from SATA HD?

Forum: DSL Tips and Tricks
Topic: How to boot from SATA HD?
started by: llccjj

Posted by llccjj on Mar. 14 2006,03:05

I want to boot DSL from SATA Harddisk,

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Change log for 2.1
01. New SATA boot time support (see boot time f3)

However, I cannot find the options for SATA !

Posted by roberts on Mar. 14 2006,06:18

Only 2.1 and 2.1b support sata and you must use the boot sata boot option

boot: dsl sata

Posted by anaconda on Mar. 14 2006,08:54

hmmm..
Why was sata support removed from the newer versions of DSL?

seems strange. usually new versions support newer hardware and not the other way round..
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anaconda

Posted by roberts on Mar. 14 2006,15:05

Because there is only so much you can pack in 50M. Read < this. >

Posted by llccjj on Mar. 15 2006,04:27

Roberts, Would you please explain something about the meaning of Version?
for example: what is the meaning of 2.x and 2.xb and 2.x-embedded and 2.x-syslinux and 2.x-vmx ....?

Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 15 2006,05:26

< http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....rst.txt >

Posted by llccjj on Mar. 15 2006,06:27

Thanks to cbagger01, then, what is the difference between 2.2 and 2.2b, b=beta? or b=better? or something else?

Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 15 2006,17:23

2.2b had a minor bug fixed. I don't remember the details, but it was a bug fix release.

Posted by roberts on Mar. 16 2006,01:41

Reposted from site news on 2.2

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The change is the order in which USB modules are loaded at boot time.
If you are currently having issues booting USB pendrives then try this version.
John and I have tested this and the new order seems to provide both USB2.0 and
when not available USB1.1 on a wide range of computers.