S-ATA hdd disappears from "fdisk -l" after some hours

GSX · 10-23-2007, 11:53 AM

Hi folks,

i am running debian 4.0 alias etch with kernel 2.6.18.

i got an internal s-ata hdd (maxtor), 200gb
In linux, I ran fdisk -l

Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1      142215    71676328+   7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda2          142227      155056     6466162+  83  Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Disk /dev/hdb: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1               1        3647    29294496   83  Linux
/dev/hdb2            9976       10011      289170   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdb3            3648        9975    50829660   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1       24792   199141708+  83  Linux

As you can see, my new s-ata hdd is installed correctly (see /dev/sda1)
Info: ext3 journaling fs (i also tried reiserfs).

Everything is ok, i can work with this hdd...no problems.

After some hours (I don´t know the exactly time range...maybe 3 h) i cannot connect this drive. When i have a look at "fdisk -l" the drive is not listed anymore !!???

After a reboot, everything runs fine.

Anybody an idea / same experience????

Greetz
gsx

masterclassic · 10-23-2007, 01:47 PM

Does perhaps the disk automatically stop running after some time of non use?

GSX · 10-23-2007, 02:47 PM

Thats a good point....

I forgot something...i have this problem in linux only. A view weeks ago I joined a network party and used windows (my machine was running for appr. 11h), where I didn´t have this problem..

Is there a possibility in linux to control the behavior you mentioned?

GSX · 10-29-2007, 03:32 AM

Hi..

how can I change / check if I enabled "poweroff for scsi subsystems" in linux debian??

Nobody any idea?

GSX · 10-29-2007, 04:20 PM

Solution: In /boot/grub/menu.lst add acpi=off

Here´s my menu.lst:

Code:

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 (4-686) / bootsplash
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18bootsplash root=/dev/hdb1 vga=0x317 ro splash=verbose acpi=off
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18bootsplash
savedefault

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 (4-686) / bootsplash (single-user mode)
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18bootsplash root=/dev/hdb1 ro single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18bootsplash
savedefault

title ---------------------------------------------------------------------
root

###########################################################
# Same kernel as above, but without the bootsplash patch
###########################################################

#title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686
#root		(hd0,1)
#kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdb1 ro 
#initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
#savedefault

#title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686 (single-user mode)
#root		(hd0,1)
#kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 root=/dev/hdb1 ro single
#initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-686
#savedefault

########
# End
########


#title ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#root


title		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

Greetz
Dida