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> I don't know if the bootloader can boot off ext3 partitions; I've never |
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> tried. You'll have to dig into the docs to find out. |
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> To resolve SCSI problems, check if the kernel can see your devices by |
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> looking at the output of "dmesg". If it shows all devices, then you're |
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> nearly there. But if not, missing device nodes are the least of your |
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> problems. And no, it is not normal for only the first drive to be seen; |
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> I have two drives both of which have always shown up in dmesg. |
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i forgot to post that dmesg only reports sda, but why would there only |
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be sda, sda1 and sda2 in /dev? i would think there would be more |
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"incase" you get more drives. |
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> So please post the relevant bits of dmesg output, including the SCSI |
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> controller and all devices. |
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> I'd try to partition your sdb and sdc, make filesystems on them, and |
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> copy lots of data onto them to ensure that the hardware's behaving. |
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> After all, this machine was probably built in the last millenium. |
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yeah i thought about that, originally the machine had 3x1gig scsi |
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drives in it, i took them out and replaced them with newER 9gig |
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drives, all working and in good condition, they were pulled from other |
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working machines. |
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> Only if that works would I try to get RAID working (and I'd try just |
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> striping or mirroring sdb and sdc on their own first, before attempting |
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> the / filesystem). |
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yeah im going to leave the root/boot drive alone, but i would like to |
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get redundancy on at least sdb and sdc if i can get them working. |
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so what is the next step since dmesg doesnt show the drives? im just |
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the ID's are correct and not conficting. the machine bios does see |
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the drives. i havnt figured out a way to get into the card bios yet, |
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on an intel machine you have the option of hitting F6, nothing like |
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that shows on the Alpha machine.... |
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> Andrew. |
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thanks for all your help thus far. |
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