Hi All,

I connect a scsi hard drive to machine, after booting it is not listed in fdisk -l . But it show's is "kudzu -p "

class: SCSI
bus: PCI
detached: 0
desc: "BusLogic BT-946C (BA80C30) [MultiMaster 10]"
vendorId: 104b
deviceId: 1040
subVendorId: 104b
subDeviceId: 1040
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 10
pcifn: 0

so what i need to next to get this drive accessible for fdisk

Thanks,
Eldo Joseph

eldo,

Your kudzu output sounds like it's seeing the SCSI controller--but that's not the SCSI hard drive itself.

The detection of the SCSI controller is a good first step, though.

I think that's an older Fast SCSI PCI host controller. Does this particular SCSI controller have a configuration tool you can enter via some sort of keyboard shortcut when its ROM information is displayed during BIOS initialization? If so, I would verify the controller isn't being prohibited from scanning for attached devices (whether via a disabled internal and/or external bus, or incorrect bus termination settings).

Is the drive known good? A faulty drive might not be seen by the controller; a dead drive almost certainly so.


More than likely I would hazzard a guess there's an issue with termination--verify you have that set correctly and/or try another SCSI device cable, just in case.


Good luck!

Check the output of the lsmod command to see if the controller module is being loaded. The module name I believe will be buslogic. You also need to check what SCSI modules are being loaded too.

Are there any other SCSI devices connected to the controller? If this is the last drive in the chain is the bus terminator installed or enabled?

BTW you did not provide any info on what linux distribution you are running or if the SCSI controller is working.

Hi,

I running on Centos 5.3,

lsmod doesn't contain any buslogic module. Yes i have connected disk drive to the controller.

Thanks,
ELdo JOseph

I was asking if there was any other SCSI devices connected to the controller?
Post the output of the lsmod command.

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 267489 18
xfrm_nalgo 13381 1 ipv6
crypto_api 12609 1 xfrm_nalgo
autofs4 29253 3
hidp 23105 2
l2cap 29505 5 hidp
bluetooth 53925 2 hidp,l2cap
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns 6977 0
ipt_REJECT 9665 1
xt_state 6209 2
ip_conntrack 53281 2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink 10713 1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp 7105 4
iptable_filter 7105 1
ip_tables 17029 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 17349 4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
nls_utf8 6209 1
dm_mirror 24393 0
dm_multipath 24909 0
scsi_dh 11713 1 dm_multipath
video 21193 0
hwmon 7365 0
backlight 10049 1 video
sbs 18533 0
i2c_ec 9025 1 sbs
button 10705 0
battery 13637 0
asus_acpi 19289 0
ac 9157 0
lp 15849 0
floppy 57125 0
pcspkr 7105 0
i2c_piix4 13133 0
ide_cd 40161 1
i2c_core 23745 2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
cdrom 36577 1 ide_cd
pcnet32 35269 0
mii 9409 1 pcnet32
serio_raw 10693 0
parport_pc 29157 1
parport 37513 2 lp,parport_pc
dm_raid45 67145 0
dm_message 6977 1 dm_raid45
dm_region_hash 15681 1 dm_raid45
dm_log 14657 3 dm_mirror,dm_raid45,dm_region_hash
dm_mod 63225 4 dm_mirror,dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_log
dm_mem_cache 9537 1 dm_raid45
pata_acpi 9665 0
ata_piix 23621 0
ata_generic 10565 0
libata 157317 3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
sd_mod 25281 0
scsi_mod 141717 3 scsi_dh,libata,sd_mod
ext3 125001 1
jbd 57065 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 25421 0
ohci_hcd 24553 0
ehci_hcd 33869 0

What happens when you try loading the module i.e.
modprobe buslogic

# modprobe buslogic
FATAL: Module buslogic not found.

Looks like your going to have to recompile the kernel.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...disk-l-774900/