I hope someone can help me out. I am having problems trying to get the DVD-ROM mounted. Maybe my situation is unique because the board does not have an IDE slot so I had to buy an IDE controller that works through a PCI slot. The DVD-ROM is connected and when I run this command

# dmesg | grep hdc
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc: pio, hdd: pio

I do get mention of an ide?

My fstab file looks like this


/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0


I wouldn't know where to begin to get the system to recognize the optical drive... any help would be appreciated!

All that might mean is that the motherboard chipset supports IDE, but the board manufacturer decided not to add one.

Do you see any messages about the DVD drive in dmesg.

What card is it. Do you know what chipset it uses.

Cheers.

No there is nothing about the dvd drive in dmesg.

I'll check out the the IDE controller tonight and report back.

Finally got around to checking out the card... seems very generic, all I can see on the box for the manufacturer is: FC PCI Interface Card

Post the output of the command lspci. This might show us what type of chipset the controller is using.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7501 Memory Controller Hub (rev 01)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface B PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fe000000-fe4fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fd800000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-f7ffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface D PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fd100000-fd7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0123
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
Region 4: I/O ports at 7ce0 [size=32]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 80000000-800fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CA LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0123
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned>
Region 4: I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at 80100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

01:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fe0ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=01:1c.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

01:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fe400000-fe4fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=conv
Status: Dev=01:1d.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

01:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fe0fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=01:1e.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

01:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=01, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fe200000-fe3fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=133MHz
Status: Dev=01:1f.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

02:02.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 209
Region 0: I/O ports at ecf0 [size=16]
Region 1: I/O ports at ecd0 [size=16]
Region 2: I/O ports at ecb0 [size=16]
Region 3: I/O ports at ec90 [size=16]
Region 4: I/O ports at ec60 [size=32]
Region 5: I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at fe400000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

03:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82544GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller (LOM) (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell PRO/1000 XT Network Connection
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (63750ns min), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 201
Region 0: Memory at fe2e0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 2: Memory at fe2c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 4: I/O ports at dce0 [size=32]
Expansion ROM at fe300000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
Capabilities: [e4] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO+ RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=03:01.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=2048 DMOST=1 DMCRS=16 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-
Capabilities: [f0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000

04:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fd8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=04:1c.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

04:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=04, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f7f00000
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=conv
Status: Dev=04:1d.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

04:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fd8fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=04:1e.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

04:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=04, secondary=06, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e8000000-00000000eff00000
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=conv
Status: Dev=04:1f.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

05:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: C.P. Technology Co. Ltd Unknown device 2049
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+ ParErr- Stepping+ SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M]
Region 1: I/O ports at cc00 [disabled] [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at fde00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

06:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e8000000-00000000eff00000
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Bridge: PM- B3+

07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Bus: primary=07, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e8000000-00000000eff00000
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Bridge: PM- B3+

07:01.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP12160 Dual Channel Ultra3 SCSI Processor (rev 06)
Subsystem: American Megatrends Inc. QLA12160 on AMI MegaRAID
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (16000ns min), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at bc00 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fdbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at fdc00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

08:00.0 RAID bus controller: American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID (rev 20)
Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 3/DC
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 177
Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at fdd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

09:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fd1ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=09:1c.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

09:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=09, secondary=0a, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fd500000-fd7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e7000000-00000000e7f00000
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=conv
Status: Dev=09:1d.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

09:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at fd1fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X non-bridge device
Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=1
Status: Dev=09:1e.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=512 DMOST=1 DMCRS=8 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz-

09:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=09, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: fd300000-fd4fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d8000000-00000000dff00000
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [50] PCI-X bridge device
Secondary Status: 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD- Freq=conv
Status: Dev=09:1f.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- SCO- SRD-
Upstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0
Downstream: Capacity=65535 CommitmentLimit=0

0a:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80303 I/O Processor PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=0a, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fd600000-fd7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e7000000-e70fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Continued.........


0b:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2600
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 72 (4250ns min, 4500ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 185
Region 0: I/O ports at ac00 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fd6f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 3: Memory at fd6e0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at fd700000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000

0b:0d.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2600
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 72 (4250ns min, 4500ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 193
Region 0: I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
Region 1: Memory at fd6d0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Region 3: Memory at fd6c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at e7000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000

0c:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: C.P. Technology Co. Ltd Unknown device 2049
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Region 1: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fd3f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at fd300000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

0d:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0123
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Region 0: Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
Region 1: I/O ports at 8c00 [disabled] [size=256]
Region 2: Memory at fceff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Or lspci on it's own.....



00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7501 Memory Controller Hub (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface B PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface D PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CA LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
01:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
01:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
01:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
01:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
02:02.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50)
03:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82544GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller (LOM) (rev 02)
04:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
04:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
04:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
04:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
05:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
06:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 21154 PCI-to-PCI Bridge
07:01.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP12160 Dual Channel Ultra3 SCSI Processor (rev 06)
08:00.0 RAID bus controller: American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID (rev 20)
09:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
09:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
09:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
09:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
0a:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80303 I/O Processor PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 01)
0b:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
0b:0d.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
0c:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
0d:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)

Is this the line of interest?

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)

No, that is the internal IDE controller. The Intel Corporation 82801CA is the chipset of the motherboard. I take it this is a Dell Poweredge server? From the brief info found it does have an IDE interface and the server came with a CDROM drive but I could not determine if it was SCSI or IDE.

The following could be the PCI card since the server specs did not mention anything about SATA. The PCI version has IDE (PATA) as well as SATA interfaces. This card requires the libata module and depending on what kernel your running might need to be patched.

02:02.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50)

Knowing the hardware details will confirm my assumptions. I also assume that your running Fedora but which version?

Here is some more info to go on...

There is a CDROM/Floppy that runs on SCSI but I physically uninstalled it to save some power since I won't be using it at all.

The PCI card has 2 SATA ports on it as well as the IDE port.

The machine is a Dell PowerEdge 2600 Server.

Machine is running CentOS 5.


What if I removed the PCI card and then ran lspci again to see the difference and find out what line goes missing from the list... would this help?

Are you sure that the PCI card is properly plugged in? I remember nearly pulling my hair out some time ago when I first installed a Promise pci IDE card. It turned out that it needed to be plugged in with a lot more force than other pci cards.

Yes the card is plugged in good... makes a click sound when loaded correctly.

The command lsmod show loaded modules. You can load the libata module via the command:
modprobe libata

There are also several SCSI subsystem modules that are also required but they are probably being loaded due to the fact that you have SCSI controllers. After you load the libata module check the output of the dmesg command to see if the drive is being recognized.

Yes, you should load libata, providing you are using a 2.6.20+ kernel. But even libata may not work in all cases. My IDE optical drives simply bomb out even when I use irqpoll or all-generic-ide boot arguments.