On 02/19/10 04:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:49 -0500, James Homuth wrote: > >> I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and >> after reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I >> currently have 0 swap space, and according to stat, ls etc, they don't >> exist. But, booting to an install CD I burned for diagnostic purposes, >> it sees them just fine. Also, and this is the strange part. It boots >> no problem, so the OS is able to mount at least /dev/hda3, even though >> from the command line I'm not seeing it. I'm probably missing >> something completely dead obvious (it's after midnight here and all), >> and Google's turning up nothing, so if someone could kindly slap me in >> the face with it, that'd be appreciated. Thanks either way for >> whatever help comes my way. >> > The first thing that jumps to my mind is you have an older initrd that > has your HD drivers in it (such as ATA), but the newer kernel you've > probably just built (is that what you mean by "a bit of an update"?) > doesn't. > > Check for an initrd, and tell us what "a bit of an update" means :) You > could also compare config files between your rescue CD and your system, > if you can find it! > > HTH, > You could see your HDD because the boot CD have enabled all drivers. Could you double check if you have configured the kernel for your HDD correctly?
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