MikeyD <m_donaghy50@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<1084468450.8603.1@echo.uk.clara.net>...
> Doublehelix wrote:
>
> > I am getting this error within first few seconds of launching the
> > Slackware 9.1 installation on a Dell Dimension 4600. Does anyone have
> > any clues as to what is going on?
> >
> > hda: ide device driver attached
> >
> > Thank you
>
> That's not an error, it's an informational message. It's telling you it's
> using an ide device driver for your primary master ide device. Unless you
> don't have a primary master ide drive, it's perfectly normal.

Well, the problem is, my installation never goes past that message.
It just hangs up there. Now that you've explained stuff a bit, I
realize that my hard drive is SATA capable and there is no primary
master ide drive in the system. Apparently this is causing the
hangup. I wonder if there is no support for SATA capable disks in
bare.i kernel that was included in Slack 9.1? Do you know how could I
get around this? Thank you.

Vikram