[CentOS] CentOS v4.5 and Intel 965/G33BY chipsets - PATA support

[Paul Griffith]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:18:29 -0400, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/22/07, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8/22/07, Paul Griffith <paulg at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:25:07 -0400, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 8/22/07, Paul Griffith <paulg at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> > I didn't see anything that would indicate it (the patch) would work  
>> with
>> > kernel 2.6.9. I was hoping I didn't have to split up my kernel  
>> versions,
>> > for example a supported CentOS kernel for servers and a unsupported  
>> kernel
>> > for the clients that have the lastest and greatest hardware. I was  
>> going
>> > to give 2.6.9 a quick try and if that didn't work, then go to 2.6.18  
>> which
>> > is the base for CentOS 5.
>>
>> I took a quick look at the 2.6.9 source code. That patch would not
>> work for this kernel.
>
> I also checked the Centos 5 kernel (2.6.18-8.x). The patch you
> referred to will not work there either. However, I saw a test kernel
> available from upstream that already has that fix applied.  So, there
> is some good chance that CentOS 5.1 will have it.  Given the fact you
> need it by early September, this may not work out either.
>
> Akemi

Thank You for the help!!

In the meantime we will get a SATA DVD drive to test with CentOS 4.5. If  
anything changes I will post under this thread.

Thanks Again,
Paul