Hi,

I have replaced an existing HDD Maxtor 40GB formatted as FAT32 with a new one-WD 80 GB, the same format (FAT32). Now I have a problem to write/read on the disk. In YAST / Hardvare info, the disk is recognized, but in My computer sysinfo, there is no trace of it. The disk is marked the same as the old one (D, but when I try to write on it I have no permission to do that(even as root). In Home dir, under windows there are both disks C and D, only D has a red sign. What can I do ?

When I try mount -a, I get the following :

11:18 riba:~ > su
Password:
11:18 riba:/home/bgorjup # mount -a
mount: posebna device /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L040J2_362124625531-part1 does not exist. ( this was the old HDD). I think I have to change this or let it be changed But How??

It looks like the original disk was a scsi disk, Is that correct? SCSI disks have jumpers. Been a while since I dealt with one, I think they are address jumpers. if I can remember you can have up to seven devices on a scsi channel. Did you set the jumpers on the new disk?

What type of disk is the new one? Can you see the disk in BIOS?

How did you format the disk? Was it in the system it is in now?

hi camorri, No it is not a SCSI disk. It is normal IDE disk, They both are. I formatted the new disk with a WD tool. As I said I can see the disk when I open YAST/Hardvare/info. There it is. The disk Is also seen in Home under windows as D disk. I can use it under the windows (have a dual boot comp). There must be something in a config file, what must be changed. I do not know what.

The jumpers on the IDE drive is to set to master or slave
So as a master it is boot able drive as a slave not
A slave drive is just to put data on it
Mostly you can pull the jumpers out and put in in a other way it divers
some what from type to type


all the best

Yes I know . It is a slave but it has a red mark on it. NTFS drive C is ok and I can read/write on it.

Well how is the drive mention in you,re Fstab
correct or not

all the best

Could you post your /etc/fstab so we can all have a look.

Is this in Windows device manager? If yes, then windoze has a problem with the drive also.

Please have a look in the BIOS to see what you see there.

here is the /etc/fstab file:

dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y47HM58E-part7 / ext
3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y47HM58E-part8 /home ext
3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y47HM58E-part1 /windows/C ntf
s-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=sl_SI.UTF-8 0 0
#/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L040J2_362124625531-part1 /windows/D vfa
t users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800JB_00EWD_WCAHL6103923-part1 /windows/D vfa
t users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y47HM58E-part5 swap swa
p defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0

The entry marked with # is the original for the previous HDD (Maxtor)which is now replaced with WD HDD. I entered the next line for the WD HDD myself.Is it right or not, I do no know. But anyhow it (the disk) is not recognized in SUSE "My Computer" . It is recognized in "YAST/Hardware information" correctly. It is working in windows normally (I can read and write ) and of course it is correctly entered in BIOS. the red mark is on Suse root/windows, where the C is NTFS system (dual boot) disk and that one Is OK, but on D is a red sign and when I try to read or write on it, it says that the access is not allowed.

Well, I solved a problem. Using YAST/system/partitioning/create, I just setup the mounting point and that was all. Thanks for trying to help me guys. Maybe this will be useful for some noobs as me.