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On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:49 -0500, James Homuth wrote: |
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> I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and |
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> after reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I |
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> currently have 0 swap space, and according to stat, ls etc, they don't |
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> exist. But, booting to an install CD I burned for diagnostic purposes, |
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> it sees them just fine. Also, and this is the strange part. It boots |
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> no problem, so the OS is able to mount at least /dev/hda3, even though |
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> from the command line I'm not seeing it. I'm probably missing |
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> something completely dead obvious (it's after midnight here and all), |
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> and Google's turning up nothing, so if someone could kindly slap me in |
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> the face with it, that'd be appreciated. Thanks either way for |
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> whatever help comes my way. |
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The first thing that jumps to my mind is you have an older initrd that |
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has your HD drivers in it (such as ATA), but the newer kernel you've |
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probably just built (is that what you mean by "a bit of an update"?) |
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doesn't. |
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Check for an initrd, and tell us what "a bit of an update" means :) You |
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could also compare config files between your rescue CD and your system, |
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if you can find it! |
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HTH, |
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-- |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. |
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-- Wynn Catlin |
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