here are some more tips ide 0 master is hda ide 0 slave is hdb ide 1 master is hdc ide 1 slave is hdd
u must know wether your hd is master or slave and if its in ide0 ( primary ) or in ide 1 ( secondary ) On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > zulfiqar:~# dmesg |grep hd > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > hda: WDC AC24300L, ATA DISK drive > hdc: MAXTOR 6L040J2, ATA DISK drive > hda: 8421840 sectors (4312 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA(33) > hdc: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1820KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63, UDMA(33) > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 > hdc: unknown partition table > > > THANK YOU!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Patrick Kirk'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:15 AM > Subject: RE: Adding a second hard drive > > > > what does 'dmesg |grep hd' show? > > > > > > Marcin Kurc > > CAD Systems Administrator > > Cooper-Standard Automotive > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patrick Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:12 PM > > To: Debian User > > Subject: Adding a second hard drive > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a second hard drive installed and in the Dell BIOS its seen as a 40 > > Gig hard drive which is correct. > > > > The system runs Debian Woody with kernel 2.4.17 > > > > When I try to partition the second hard drive using cf disk, all I see is > > the first hda drive...no sign at all of the second. > > > > cfdisk /dev/hdb and cfdisk /dev/hdd both report "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open > > disk drive" > > > > What do I need to do to partition and format the second drive? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Patrick > > > > Telephone: 0870 011 8494 > > GSM: 07876 560 646 > > Web site: www.kirks.net > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
