[Techtalk] Gentoo Kernel Upgrade - unable to mount root partition

[Mani A]

On Nov 5, 2007 4:14 AM, Kat <binaryjane at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > To see what it is
> >
> > # hdparm -I <device name>
>
> This doesn't seem to work for SATA drives.
>

The -I option is supposed to work for all kinds of drives. File a bug
report if it does not.
More specifically try (as root)

hdparm -I /dev/sda

otherwise try /dev/hda etc
This will tell you a lot including what is enabled.