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From: Hung Dang <hungptit@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:19:36
Message-Id: 4B7F4676.9050903@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist... by Iain Buchanan
1 On 02/19/10 04:43, Iain Buchanan wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:49 -0500, James Homuth wrote:
3 >
4 >> I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and
5 >> after reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I
6 >> currently have 0 swap space, and according to stat, ls etc, they don't
7 >> exist. But, booting to an install CD I burned for diagnostic purposes,
8 >> it sees them just fine. Also, and this is the strange part. It boots
9 >> no problem, so the OS is able to mount at least /dev/hda3, even though
10 >> from the command line I'm not seeing it. I'm probably missing
11 >> something completely dead obvious (it's after midnight here and all),
12 >> and Google's turning up nothing, so if someone could kindly slap me in
13 >> the face with it, that'd be appreciated. Thanks either way for
14 >> whatever help comes my way.
15 >>
16 > The first thing that jumps to my mind is you have an older initrd that
17 > has your HD drivers in it (such as ATA), but the newer kernel you've
18 > probably just built (is that what you mean by "a bit of an update"?)
19 > doesn't.
20 >
21 > Check for an initrd, and tell us what "a bit of an update" means :) You
22 > could also compare config files between your rescue CD and your system,
23 > if you can find it!
24 >
25 > HTH,
26 >
27 You could see your HDD because the boot CD have enabled all drivers.
28 Could you double check if you have configured the kernel for your HDD
29 correctly?
30
31 Hung

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RE: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist... James Homuth <james@×××××××.com>