Re: Linux looks for hda, hdb etc when there are none ...

[achana saysit com]

Cameron Davidson csiro au wrote:

> If you still need EIDE devices enabled (maybe you have cdrom reader etc)
> you can add
> append="hda=noprobe"
> to lilo.conf

Nope, its a scsi cdrom.
I've tried append="hda=noprobe"  to no avail.
Alas RH7.1 goes merrily probing for those eide stuff which aren't there,
not that it affects the boot process, just unsightly and *annoying* .
Bollocks !
Tossers !
And a few other words not fit for public consumption.