> when the computer boots up I dont see the new hard-disk drive. i am > assuming the same as you too, i.e. fdisk/mkfs needs disk geometry(number > of blocks) > > but i haven't really had the time to look at the hard-disk and calculate > the number of blocks from the information on the hard-disk drive. but i > will definitely try it out. > > I am not sure as you put it. "if fdisk is properly seeing /dev/hdb" ... > but the other disks like /dev/hdc, hdd etc... give a disk not found error. > > when i do a more on other drives, like /dev/hdb, hdc ..etc > i get the same error device not found ... (because there are no devices > attached, which is natural) > (more /dev/hdc for example) > > BUT for more /dev/hdb I get the error device not configured.....
Hmm, any given IDE chain can hold two things on it. On a laptop /dev/hda is invariably the hard disk deep inside. The /dev/hdb is usually wasted - though sometimes it ends up able to be used for an ATAPI floppy. In other words it means "yes, I have a driver loaded for that IDE chain, but there's nothing on the other end; that device out there doesn't want to talk." Logically a dock would normally get its own, additional chain, and that's why mounted CDs from a dock are usually /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd. The same should follow for IDE disks on a dock. I could potentially see a dock that only has room for one IDE device, hooking into the laptop circuitry such that the dock is /dev/hdb. In which case, you should get good response from /dev/hdb if-and-only-if the dock is really solidly connected, and the drive docked there, also really solidly connected and powered. (you said it's a desktop class drive, it does have one of those huge four prong power thingies, right? It needs juice.) What my sysadmin colleagues would call an "ISO layer 1 problem" - check the physical layer... > any clues on this one?? > > And I have sent an email to the Star :) > thanks, > Praveen And I've some guesses but nothing sure. Hey, everyone, this is tricky enough, has anyone any objections if I publish this thread in the Linux Gazette once we solve it for him? * Heather Stern * star@ many places... sr.tech editor, Linux Gazette > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > G'Day ! > > > > I'm interested in what happened in your fdisk session. Where you able to > > create partitions ? Could you "save" your work on the partition table ? > > > > "Device not configured" is also curious ... I wonder if you need to > > specify the disk geometry to lilo (I'm guessing here) ???? I would look > > at the problem like it was a partition table problem. You did something > > right if fdisk can see it. > > > > I'm not real familiar with laptops ... I'd be more help on a > > desktop/server system. Perhaps someone like Heather would be able to help > > you more. > > > > cheers, > > Jim Parker > > > > Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more > > important than that !!! > > > > > > > > > > Kamath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 01/05/01 11:36 AM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: hard disk drive > > > > thanks for the response. > > > > I tried mounting the disk as hdb, hdb1 etc... but it wouldn't mount. I get > > the error device not configured. > > I tried making a filesystem too, but even that gives the same error as > > device not configured. > > I tried the hard0drive jumper settings as a primary-master as well as the > > primary slave. > > The disk is an enhanced IDE drive. are there any special drivers needed > > for accessing EIDE drives in linux....?? > > and if so where can i get these drivers? > > > > in windows I am not sure how the whole set-up works.... I have contacted > > compaq support but there arent too very hepl ful. they say the model is > > out-dated (Compaq LTE Elite, and the dock is compaq Smartstation). and I > > am not sure of the interface(what sort?? looks like SCSI to me or maybe > > PCMCIA type III) the computer uses to attach to the docking bay. > > > > > > any help will be appreciated. > > > > thanks, > > praveen kamath > > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > G'Day ! > > > > > > Are you saying that fdisk recognizes your new hd as /dev/hdb, but you > > can > > > not mount it ? > > > > > > Once in fdisk ... Did you partition the drive ? Did you create a > > > filesystem on those new partitions ? Did you use the mount command to > > > access the drive ("mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1" as root) ? > > > > > > Does anyone know how to do it in windows (is it a secondary slave, or > > > maybe a secondary master ? ), it should be similar, as far as the > > hardware > > > is concerned. > > > > > > cheers, > > > Jim Parker > > > > > > Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more > > > important than that !!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kamath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 01/05/01 02:43 AM > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > cc: > > > Subject: hard disk drive > > > > > > Hello all-- > > > > > > I need some help from someone who has used docking stations. I have a > > > Compaq LTE Elite laptop with the Compaq smart-station. I have added an > > > additional hard-disk to the docking station, and would like to access > > this > > > additional hard-disk via the docking station. > > > > > > The additional Hard disk is desk-top EIDE hard-drive and I tried > > > configuring it as the Primary master as well as the Slave but I get the > > > message "unable to open device" when I try to do a fdisk on the new > > disk, > > > it appears the diskette is recognised as /dev/hdb > > > > > > Can anyone help me!! > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Praveen > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] >
