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Old 12-14-2014, 07:13 PM   #16
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That's normal when the kernel can't find a file system on the specified partition.

Have you actually installed any flavor of Linux on this system?
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:26 PM   #17
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That's normal when the kernel can't find a file system on the specified partition.

Have you actually installed any flavor of Linux on this system?
Yes, I installed Slackware 14.1 on the Western Digital 500 GB HDD (sda1) in July of 2014 and it was running fine until
yesterday.

I installed Debian on the 1 TB HDD last week.(dev/sdb1)
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:29 PM   #18
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You should read http://slackbook.org/html/index.html first and understand some basic concept of unix.

First all, how many hard disks you are planning to use, how is each disk partitioned?

physical disk 1 from bios, usually called /dev/sda
physical disk 2 from bios, usually called /dev/sdb
your dvd player might be called /dev/sdc or /dev/cdrom

partition1 on first disk; called /dev/sda1
partition2 on second disk called /dev/sdb2

Do you even know where is your old Slackware installed at?

if you know, then mount it to /mnt, and find your way to lilo.conf file and then using vi editor find line says
Code:
boot =/dev/sdX     #change x to slackware hard disk.
if your kernel is older < 3.10.7 you need to find and change
Code:
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/sdx#   #slackware partion for /.
label=old_slackware
save these changes and run command
lilo -A /dev/sdx# <active the slackware partion
lilo -M /dev/sdx mbr < update physical disk mbr record

run plain lilo again just make sure every thing is in order, no errors.
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:41 PM   #19
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Yes, I installed Slackware 14.1 on the Western Digital 500 GB HDD (sda1) in July of 2014 and it was running fine until
yesterday.

I installed Debian on the 1 TB HDD last week.(dev/sdb1)
Did anything in particular happen yesterday? Did you by any chance update either OS (Slackware or Debian)?

It would be helpful to know the exact partition layout of your hard drives. Could you post the output from fdisk -l /dev/sda and fdisk -l /dev/sdb? Just boot from the Slackware DVD, select a language and press Enter at the login prompt. You will then find yourself at a command prompt from where you can run fdisk
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:46 PM   #20
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My Slackware filesystem is gone/hosed.

I booted w/o the Slackware DVD and typed F11 several times to boot to the 1 TB HDD.

Debian is the first os in the Grub Menu and Slackware is the second choice.

There is no sign of my 500 GB Toshiba HDD and the Slackware I installed on it-
-::-I would like to know what happened to my Slackware os and what hosed it?-::-

Code:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1  1953525167   976762583+  ee  GPT
det@debian:~$
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:47 PM   #21
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you can't have 2 OS on 2 different disk drive and both called /dev/sda1; when you add additional disk drive; driver letter changes and it might switch order.

never mind I misread your last comments about Slackware on /dev/sdb1

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Old 12-14-2014, 07:49 PM   #22
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So you're saying that fdisk -l /dev/sda returns an error? And/or that there is no /dev/sda device node?
 
Old 12-14-2014, 07:59 PM   #23
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Did anything in particular happen yesterday? Did you by any chance update either OS (Slackware or Debian)?

It would be helpful to know the exact partition layout of your hard drives. Could you post the output from fdisk -l /dev/sda and fdisk -l /dev/sdb? Just boot from the Slackware DVD, select a language and press Enter at the login prompt. You will then find yourself at a command prompt from where you can run fdisk
I updated Debian a few days ago and upon doing so I got this error:
Code:
unreliable CPU thermal sensor mointoring disabled
The 2 GB swap and the EXT 4 journaling file system I created for Slackware on sda1 and sda2 is gone:-
Code:
det@debian:~$ fdisk -l/dev/sda1
bash: fdisk: command not found
debiancat@debian:~$ fdisk -l/dev/sda2
bash: fdisk: command not found
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:01 PM   #24
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So you're saying that fdisk -l /dev/sda returns an error? And/or that there is no /dev/sda device node?
Sadly,/dev/sda doesn't exist.
-:-I can't even see the 500 GB HDD from my Debian os under devices-:-
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:06 PM   #25
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issue the fdisk command as root in debian and what is the ouput of lspci

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Old 12-14-2014, 08:09 PM   #26
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another thing is to check all cables to disk are seated correctly
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:11 PM   #27
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there is space between -l and /dev/sda

you can use parted /dev/sda print to see partition table if you don't have fdisk/ and disk system using efi.

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Old 12-14-2014, 08:13 PM   #28
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The 2 GB swap and the EXT 4 journaling file system I created for Slackware on sda1 and sda2 is gone:-
Code:
det@debian:~$ fdisk -l/dev/sda1
bash: fdisk: command not found
debiancat@debian:~$ fdisk -l/dev/sda2
bash: fdisk: command not found
That error message isn't telling you the drive is gone. It says you can't run the fdisk command, probably due to insufficient privileges. Try: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
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Sadly,/dev/sda doesn't exist.
So, to be clear: ls /dev/sda returns an error?
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:21 PM   #29
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That error message isn't telling you the drive is gone. It says you can't run the fdisk command, probably due to insufficient privileges. Try: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda

So, to be clear: ls /dev/sda returns an error?
Using the Debian terminal running that cmd doesn't return anything but this:

Code:
dt@debian:~$ sudo ls /dev/sda
[sudo] password for debiancat: 
/dev/sda
dt@debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
dt@debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
dt@debian:~$
 
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issue the fdisk command as root in debian and what is the ouput of lspci
Code:
dt@debian:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780C [Radeon 3100]
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02
 
  


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