Thing that don't just work

[James Wilkinson]

Todd Simi wrote:
> I have a few items that either don't work at all, or don't work out of
> the box.
> 
> Doesn't work at all (as far as I've been able to do anything about;
> 
> ahci on my 2  SATA drives
> 
> Doesn't work out of the box;
> 
> DVD+rw drive & DVD-ROM drive
> 	I have to set the kernel options irqpoll noapic
> 	I get the drive confused message, and integrity of writes is very bad
> 
> My motherboard is an ASUS P5W DH
> 
> 
> As much as I hate Windoze, it works without intervention on the DVD's,
> I haven't tested the ahci.
> 
> Any ideas?

You have installed the latest updates, haven't you? There's been a lot
changing in this area since FC5 came out.

Hope this helps,

James.

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