Bug#361074: [Yaird-devel] Bug#361074: yaird: kernel panic after changeing sata controller

[maximilian attems]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 02:29:49PM +0200, Emil Nowak wrote:
> 
> I had all my sata disk connected to silicon image controler (on PCI). Today I
> have upgraded my mainboard to Gigabyte (which has sata_via controller). I
> would like to use the built-in controller instead of external one on pci.
> 
> Just after connecting disk to built-in via controller I have kernel panic
> because there is no sta_via.ko module in intrd. 
> 
> Regenereating initrd doesn't help here.
> 
> What is the best way to do mainboard-upgrades with generic kerneles and
> initrd. What are advantages for using generic-kernles if they always fail
> after hrdware upgrade?

yaird does optimize on current hardware,
you want to check out:
http://wiki.debian.org/InitrdReplacementOptions

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maks