[ale] install on a maxtor ata/100/20 gig disk

[cshobe at softhome.net (Casey Allen Shobe)]

> Actually it is.  Try maintaining/upgrading 100's of machines
> in the field, life would be better if "DISABLED" options were
> respected. You don't have to live within the limitations of the
> BIOS to respect on/off settings.  I have seen hundred of hours
> working around problems of conflicting onboard controlers after
> upgrades.

I seem to have misunderstood what you originally wrote...and was responding
to BIOS limitations rather than enabled/disabled options.  True, if the
device is set to be disabled, then it should be.  I.E., if I turn off a
serial port, then it should be gone, and from my experience, it is.  So it
would seem that the BIOS/motherboard is not properly disabling the device if
linux is still able to see it...I don't think linux could see the last
secondary controller that I had disabled in the BIOS (a Microstar board)...

Regards,

- Casey

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