Cant see fourth hdd?

affeee · 09-23-2003, 06:12 AM

I got four harddrives in my redhatbox.

During boot redhat find all hdds:
hda
hdb
hdc
hdd

But when i run fdisk -l:

Quote:

Disk /dev/hdc: 255 huvuden, 63 sektorer, 7476 cylindrar
Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 * 512 byte

Enhet Start Början Slut Block Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 7476 60050938+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hda: 255 huvuden, 63 sektorer, 2482 cylindrar
Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 * 512 byte

Enhet Start Början Slut Block Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1607 12803805 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 1608 2190 4682947+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 2191 2482 2345490 f Win95 Utökad (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2191 2255 522081 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 2256 2352 779121 82 Linux växling
/dev/hda7 2353 2482 1044193+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 255 huvuden, 63 sektorer, 14946 cylindrar
Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 * 512 byte

Enhet Start Början Slut Block Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 14946 120053713+ 83 Linux

I cant find my fourth drive, supposly it should be hdd1, or?

michaelk · 09-23-2003, 07:11 AM

It should be hdd something if its partitioned.

Does the motherboard BIOS recognize the drive during POST?

Is the drive enabled in the motherboard BIOS and the parameters set to auto?

Did you check the power connector and IDE cable on the drive to verify that they are plugged in correctly?

affeee · 09-23-2003, 07:18 AM

Yes, the drive is recognized in BIOS, and the parameters is set to auto.

michaelk · 09-23-2003, 07:25 AM

Check the output of dmesg to check for any messages / errors related to hdd.

Did you have a cdwriter or cdrom attached to hdd at one time? If so SCSI emulation might be setup for hdd. Edit your bootloader to remove the hdd=ide-scsi.

affeee · 09-23-2003, 07:57 AM

Yes i had previosly a cdwriter attached on same ide-channel.
This is my grub.conf:

Quote:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default 0
timeout 2
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img

shall i remove the hole line

Quote:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi

or just

Quote:

hdd=ide-scsi

michaelk · 09-23-2003, 10:07 AM

Just the "hdd=ide-scsi" part.

Once the configure file has been edited reboot the computer for the change to take effect. You should now be able to see the hard drive.

affeee · 09-23-2003, 10:12 AM

Thank you very much... now i can see it.