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Marwin
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 Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:09 am Post subject: HD problem (Solved) |
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I just bought a Westen Digital 120GB (8MB) harddrive. But I can't get Gentoo to find it. If I check at the BIOS I see a 8.4GB, and that's OK because the BIOS can't handle bigger discs than 8.4GB. But Gentoo should find it even if BIOS doesn't.
dmesg doesn't show hda. And I know that the disc is hda
Anyone know got ideas of how to solve my issue?
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Marwin
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golloza
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| Is it a S-ATA drive? |
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Marwin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| golloza wrote: | | Is it a S-ATA drive? |
No, it's an ATA-drive.
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Marwin,
Do This will list the IDE drives on your system.
The old BIOS 8.4Gb was a feature of how early LBA worked but there is a hard limit at 33.4Gb (approx) when you need more than 32 bits to hold the block address.
You may need to jumper the drive to 'soft clip' at 33.4Gb to stop the BIOS reporting rubbish. Linux will see past this limit.
You will need to fdisk it to create partitions before you can use it but thats difficult if you can't spot it.
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Marwin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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This is strange:
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hilda / # ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda /dev/hdb15 /dev/hdc3 /dev/hde /dev/hdf15 /dev/hdg3
/dev/hda1 /dev/hdb16 /dev/hdc4 /dev/hde1 /dev/hdf16 /dev/hdg4
/dev/hda10 /dev/hdb17 /dev/hdc5 /dev/hde10 /dev/hdf17 /dev/hdg5
/dev/hda11 /dev/hdb18 /dev/hdc6 /dev/hde11 /dev/hdf18 /dev/hdg6
/dev/hda12 /dev/hdb19 /dev/hdc7 /dev/hde12 /dev/hdf19 /dev/hdg7
/dev/hda13 /dev/hdb2 /dev/hdc8 /dev/hde13 /dev/hdf2 /dev/hdg8
/dev/hda14 /dev/hdb20 /dev/hdc9 /dev/hde14 /dev/hdf20 /dev/hdg9
/dev/hda15 /dev/hdb3 /dev/hdd /dev/hde15 /dev/hdf3 /dev/hdh
/dev/hda16 /dev/hdb4 /dev/hdd1 /dev/hde16 /dev/hdf4 /dev/hdh1
/dev/hda17 /dev/hdb5 /dev/hdd10 /dev/hde17 /dev/hdf5 /dev/hdh10
/dev/hda18 /dev/hdb6 /dev/hdd11 /dev/hde18 /dev/hdf6 /dev/hdh11
/dev/hda19 /dev/hdb7 /dev/hdd12 /dev/hde19 /dev/hdf7 /dev/hdh12
/dev/hda2 /dev/hdb8 /dev/hdd13 /dev/hde2 /dev/hdf8 /dev/hdh13
/dev/hda20 /dev/hdb9 /dev/hdd14 /dev/hde20 /dev/hdf9 /dev/hdh14
/dev/hda3 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd15 /dev/hde3 /dev/hdg /dev/hdh15
/dev/hda4 /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdd16 /dev/hde4 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdh16
/dev/hda5 /dev/hdc10 /dev/hdd17 /dev/hde5 /dev/hdg10 /dev/hdh17
/dev/hda6 /dev/hdc11 /dev/hdd18 /dev/hde6 /dev/hdg11 /dev/hdh18
/dev/hda7 /dev/hdc12 /dev/hdd19 /dev/hde7 /dev/hdg12 /dev/hdh19
/dev/hda8 /dev/hdc13 /dev/hdd2 /dev/hde8 /dev/hdg13 /dev/hdh2
/dev/hda9 /dev/hdc14 /dev/hdd20 /dev/hde9 /dev/hdg14 /dev/hdh20
/dev/hdb /dev/hdc15 /dev/hdd3 /dev/hdf /dev/hdg15 /dev/hdh3
/dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc16 /dev/hdd4 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdg16 /dev/hdh4
/dev/hdb10 /dev/hdc17 /dev/hdd5 /dev/hdf10 /dev/hdg17 /dev/hdh5
/dev/hdb11 /dev/hdc18 /dev/hdd6 /dev/hdf11 /dev/hdg18 /dev/hdh6
/dev/hdb12 /dev/hdc19 /dev/hdd7 /dev/hdf12 /dev/hdg19 /dev/hdh7
/dev/hdb13 /dev/hdc2 /dev/hdd8 /dev/hdf13 /dev/hdg2 /dev/hdh8
/dev/hdb14 /dev/hdc20 /dev/hdd9 /dev/hdf14 /dev/hdg20 /dev/hdh9
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I have partionated the /dev/hda but I can't access it from the computer it's in now. I setup one partition in my WS and I now tried to put it in the server, but I can't find it.
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hilda root # fdisk /dev/hda
Unable to open /dev/hda
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Marwin,
Post the dribe model number and an ASCII art sketch of the jumper positions as they are set now.
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superuser
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Marwin,
I think you were supposed to do ls /dev/hd?, not ls /dev/hd*, weren't you?
This makes a slight difference on my system:
| Code: | ls /dev/hd?
/dev/hda /dev/hdb
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ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hda /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 /dev/hda3 /dev/hda4 /dev/hdb |
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Marwin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | hilda root # ls /dev/hd?
/dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/hde /dev/hdf /dev/hdg /dev/hdh
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Marwin,
Are you useing devfs?
All those /dev/hd? entries are symbolic links created by devfsd when it finds a real device.
Did you have another (non devfs) linux installed on that drive before Gentoo?
If so, its /dev has been left behind.
If your new drive is /dev/hda how are you booting to be able to see that Gentoo can't see it?
With some other linux?
That would explain the misleading /dev/hd?
Boot with the livecd and redo the ls /dev/hd?
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Marwin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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LOL!
I found what the problem was!
I looked at the HD-Jumpering, and I had chosen that "Master w/ Slave Drive" was used. Acctualy, I don't know what that jumping does, but I think that if you got two discs, it choose Master if and Slave-drivers is detected. So I changed to Master and it worked. The reason it had worked earlier was probably that I had another disc at the same cable.
Thanks for the help!
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