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On 12/7/05, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm adding a 300GB hdd to a older P4 with intel D850MV mobo |
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> Running updated box as of 2 days ago. On bios inspection, this drive |
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> appears to be properly recognized, size etc. |
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> On bootup the dmesg record shows it being seen and recognized |
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> (hdc in this output). You may notice it is already partitioned and |
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> the partitions are recognized too. I did that from a knoppix session |
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> with fdisk. (On this same box) so knoppix was able to see and |
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> partition it. |
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> When booted up under gentoo, fdisk does not see this disk and complains |
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> of not being able to open /dev/hdc/ There is no /dev/hdc. The |
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> symlink was not created. Further the name gentoo uses of the form: |
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> ls -l /dev/hdb lrw [...] /dev/hdb -> ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc |
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> One would expect an ide/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/disc for /dev/hdc |
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> How are these created? What is likely the cause of it not happening |
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> by default? |
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Names of this form can only be created by devfs (or a seriously |
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customized udev install). Are you still using devfs, and if so, |
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why??? |
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-Richard |
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