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Old 02-24-2005, 12:06 PM   #1
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hda? sda? what do i have?

Hi,

Just got a new server and need to make partitions...

Writing:
fdisk /dev/hda
will give the message "will not be able to write to the partition table" and
fdisk /dev/sda
dosnt work for some reason... (I got SCSI disk)

How do i find out what to use??
 
Old 02-24-2005, 12:13 PM   #2
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Does this page help?
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplan...orials/4232/1/
 
Old 02-24-2005, 12:28 PM   #3
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not really.. not sure what my HD is called...?
just noticed that "hda" is my CDrom...

how do i find out what my HD is called?
 
Old 02-24-2005, 12:44 PM   #4
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If you're using SCSI disks then it's /dev/sdx

Try:
hdparm -i /dev/sda
hdparm -i /dev/sdb
etc...
and see what it tells you about your drives
 
Old 02-24-2005, 12:45 PM   #5
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boot knoppix and see what it lists in fstab, always the best bet i find.
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:04 PM   #6
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i tried writing

hdparm -i /dev/sda
hdparm -i /dev/sdb
hdparm -i /dev/sdc
hdparm -i /dev/sdd
hdparm -i /dev/sde
.....

all the letters on my keybord and i only get "No such file or directory"

How do i book knoppix? i dont have an OS installed yet...
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:04 PM   #7
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what is the error you get when you type
fdisk /dev/sda

also, are these disks in a RAID?
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:08 PM   #8
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Writing fdisk /dev/sda i get "Unable to open /dev/sda"

If i type
ls /dev/sd*
I get "No such file or directory"...

Whats a RAID?
Last edited by nr5; 02-24-2005 at 01:13 PM.
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:12 PM   #9
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sounds to me like your SCSI card isn't recognized by the kernel so the drives aren't being found.

what linux ditribution are you trying to install, and what kernel does it have?
and what SCSI card do you have?
 
Old 02-24-2005, 01:18 PM   #10
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im trying to install Gentoo 2004.3, im using the livecd so im not sure what kernel im using...

im using a SCSI Ultra 320 hard drive with Adaptec U320 SCSI controller...
 
Old 02-24-2005, 05:21 PM   #11
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ah gentoo the next best thing since windoze.
sorry but i have no clue what kernel they use.

if you boot with their live cd and it can't find your drives, my assumption is you should go to www.gentoo.org and post on their forum, unless someone else here has a clue.
 
Old 02-24-2005, 06:39 PM   #12
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Look at the dmesg output, ie run "dmesg | less" or "dmesg | more" from a command prompt, and see if the kernel is seeing and intializing your SCSI controller and drives. If it's not then the kernel most likely doesn't have the right drivers for the SCSI card compiled into it. So you'd need a kernel that does or else provide them as modules.
 
Old 02-24-2005, 06:50 PM   #13
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or use slackware
 
  


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