Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created - SOLVED

2003-06-04 Thread elPunishar
okay, you are all officialy invited to kick me in the head. the problem is solved. everytime i ran lilo, i had the error before my eyes, but ignored it. it was an old windows partition. a stanza pointing to /dev/hda2, which doesn't exist anymore. well i thought that the first 2 linux stanzas

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created - SOLVED

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:06 pm, elPunishar wrote: okay, you are all officialy invited to kick me in the head. the problem is solved. everytime i ran lilo, i had the error before my eyes, but ignored it. it was an old windows partition. a stanza pointing to /dev/hda2, which doesn't exist

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
ext3 and that is not the problem, i switched it with the slave on primary ide and it worked. id obviously has something to do with the fact that mandrake thinks there will be only cdroms forever on secondary ide ... but i have no clue what to change besides the hdc=ide-scsi. On Monday 02 June

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
okay, will do that in the evening (when i'm at home) On Monday 02 June 2003 11:39, g wrote: elPunishar wrote: i wrote to this mailing list some time ago. i had this problem that i could not add a new harddisk to my system. how about posting your 'lilo.conf' and 'fstab'. peace out.

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
yes, i was root. On Monday 02 June 2003 11:05, ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 07:40, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: no offense, but for some reason i had the whole history of the discussion in the mail. my problem is very detailed in this history. i installed mandrake 9.1 with 2 hds on

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 4:28 pm, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: ext3 and that is not the problem, i switched it with the slave on primary ide and it worked. id obviously has something to do with the fact that mandrake thinks there will be only cdroms forever on secondary ide ... but i have no clue

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
you're right! lets kick it! i can't give you the listing before the evening, since i am in the office now. but i have ontly the two standard ide channels on the motherboard. and i can tell you that in the hardware overview in mandrake control center hdc (the new harddisk) gets recognised and

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 4:48 pm, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: you're right! lets kick it! i can't give you the listing before the evening, since i am in the office now. but i have ontly the two standard ide channels on the motherboard. and i can tell you that in the hardware overview in mandrake

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Bill Mullen
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: yes, i was root. Right, but that wasn't the question ... the question was, did you run /sbin/lilo after making the changes to /etc/lilo.conf? You need to do that, and then to reboot afterward, for the changes made in the conf file to take.

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread elPunishar
the question was whether i was root when running lilo after making the changes. i said yes i was root On Monday 02 Jun 2003 16:08, Bill Mullen wrote: On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: yes, i was root. Right, but that wasn't the question ... the question was, did you run

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Steven Broos
Are the jumper settings of your HD remaining CDdrive correct ? I suppose they are, if your Bios detects the HD... Steven On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 19:31, elPunishar wrote: the question was whether i was root when running lilo after making the changes. i said yes i was root On Monday 02 Jun

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread elPunishar
here they are: ** fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda1 /data2 ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom supermount

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Adam Kisiel
Hi, My advice is as follows: Get rid of the scsi emulation altogether. Contrary to popular belief it is not needed anymore for CD writing - xcdroast in MDK 9.1 works quite happily with IDE. In order to do that - remove any ide-scsi options from the lilo config file, and rerun lilo (or even

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread stanly klyuhin
02 2003 17:34 Anne Wilson : but then, its nowhere in diskdrake and its nowhere for fdisk and if i do an ls in /dev there is no /dev/hdc Right - when you get home, go through the mcc and explain exactly where and how you can see hdc. Then do the same for where it failed, being very

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 6:45 pm, stanly klyuhin wrote: 02 2003 17:34 Anne Wilson : but then, its nowhere in diskdrake and its nowhere for fdisk and if i do an ls in /dev there is no /dev/hdc Right - when you get home, go through the mcc and explain exactly where and how you can

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 6:42 pm, elPunishar wrote: here they are: ** fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda1 /data2 ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread stanly klyuhin
02 2003 21:23 Anne Wilson : Right - when you get home, go through the mcc and explain exactly where and how you can see hdc. Then do the same for where it failed, being very specific about how you tried to use diskdrake and fdisk. I'm hunting for clues, but I'm sure we'll get

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread bascule
elpunishar, if this is from dmesg on startup then the line: hdc: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive is a problem, it clearly states the finding of a cd/dvd reader, looking at your fstab from another post i suggest making it: ** fstab

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread elPunishar
okay, i removed scsi_hostadapter and ide-scsi from the probeall line in modules.conf the outputs of dmesg, lsmod and /proc/cmdline are attached to this mail. i see the first entry for hdc but not the second. and i can see that even though i removed ide-scsi hdc and ide-scsi hdd from

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread elPunishar
hi bascule, you mistook one of the example dmesg from other people for mine. see my latest mail (before this) for my dmesg and lsmod outputs, please :) On Monday 02 Jun 2003 20:54, bascule wrote: elpunishar, if this is from dmesg on startup then the line: hdc: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread bascule
elPunishar, this shows that ide-scsi is being fed to the kernel at boot, from your lilo.conf that you posted previously it appears that the only boot option that doesn't have this is 'linux', therefore you must be booting one of the others perhaps 'linux-nonfb'? or you haven't run /sbin/lilo

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread stanly klyuhin
Pass the pipe, bascule! that was my example dmesg output. i have no lost drives ;) btw, there is no way how changing /etc/fstab may alter dmesg output. elpunishar, if this is from dmesg on startup then the line: hdc: UJDA720 DVD/CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive is a problem, it clearly states

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Colin Close
elPunishar wrote: here they are: ** fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda1 /data2 ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom supermount

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Colin Close
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Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread Lorne
On Monday 02 June 2003 12:24 pm, stanly klyuhin wrote: 02 2003 21:23 Anne Wilson : Right - when you get home, go through the mcc and explain exactly where and how you can see hdc. Then do the same for where it failed, being very specific about how you tried to use diskdrake

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread elPunishar
RESEND: somebody please help, i cant be the only one who wants to add an additional harddisk.. - hello again :) a) its connected to a motherboard connector b) not a problem, harddisk is detected by cmos

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread Steven Broos
I'm not familiar with USB-harddisks, but I just managed to connect my digital camera as a USB-storage device. I think they are considdered SCSI-devices, so try to mount /dev/sda1 (or something similar) Steven On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 00:36, elPunishar wrote: RESEND: somebody please help, i

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread Rolf Pedersen
elPunishar wrote: RESEND: somebody please help, i cant be the only one who wants to add an additional harddisk.. - hello again :) a) its connected to a motherboard connector b) not a problem, harddisk

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 01 Jun 2003 11:36 pm, elPunishar wrote: RESEND: somebody please help, i cant be the only one who wants to add an additional harddisk.. --- -- hello again :) a) its connected to a motherboard

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
no offense, but for some reason i had the whole history of the discussion in the mail. my problem is very detailed in this history. i installed mandrake 9.1 with 2 hds on primary and 2 burners on secondary ide. what i want to do is exchange one of the cdroms with a new ide hd. which is formated.

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 12:40 pm, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: no offense, but for some reason i had the whole history of the discussion in the mail. my problem is very detailed in this history. i installed mandrake 9.1 with 2 hds on primary and 2 burners on secondary ide. what i want to do is

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread 5tucatz elPunishar
just a few lines below append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet i stated that i had removed hdc=ide-scsi for the very reason that i now wanted to have a hd in the system and not a burner. yes the disk IS formated and there is data on it, and no it is not available in

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 02 Jun 2003 1:16 pm, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: just a few lines below append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet i stated that i had removed hdc=ide-scsi for the very reason that i now wanted to have a hd in the system and not a burner. yes the disk IS formated

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 07:40, 5tucatz elPunishar wrote: no offense, but for some reason i had the whole history of the discussion in the mail. my problem is very detailed in this history. i installed mandrake 9.1 with 2 hds on primary and 2 burners on secondary ide. what i want to do is

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-02 Thread g
elPunishar wrote: i wrote to this mailing list some time ago. i had this problem that i could not add a new harddisk to my system. how about posting your 'lilo.conf' and 'fstab'. peace out. tc,hago. g . -- =+= think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-05-29 Thread elPunishar
hello again :) a) its connected to a motherboard connector b) not a problem, harddisk is detected by cmos c) settings are correct (been messing with computers all my life ;) the entry in lilo.conf was like this: append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet i removed this

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-05-27 Thread elPunishar
hi all, i wrote to this mailing list some time ago. i had this problem that i could not add a new harddisk to my system. the answer of the fellow below had me confident that my problem was solved.. temporarily i just replaced an existing harddisk with the new one. that worked okay. but now i

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-05-27 Thread bascule
the fellow below being me:) hi! adding ide hard disks should be straightforward assuming that a) it's not connected to a seperate io card but to a motherboard connector b) your cmos settings are ok - note, i've known some os's detect drives that are not shown in cmos, winxp for one and i think