I have two problems since re-installing suse 8.1 on a new dell laptop
1. I have a pcmcia hard drive which I just used to check was recognised with fdisk -l and then mount the appropriate partition. It is no longer found with fdisk even when booted into rescue mode. (The lights indicate it is powered up ok and it still works in windoze). - any thoughts on how I can get suse to recognise it.

2. Both vmware and jbuilder start but then disappear (as visible windows), apparently to still run in the back ground as vmware complains after a new start that other running copies exceed available ram (or words to that effect) as it happens with two different apps I presume it is an o/s problem. What could cause this and how can it be remedied.
Thanks for your time
Richard

is the disk listed in /etc/fstab?

No, its not. Presumably it whould be hdf as I've got a dvd and a cdr/w internal drives. Having said that does it matter shouldn't it at least show up with fdisk, allowing me to mount manually.

actually i dont know that - but i would list it in the file and try to mount it - maybe that´s all your system needs
- but maybe someone else has a better idea -
good luck
jens