Should have read this one first.
I think I know what might be, though . . .
In case you aren't aware, hda is the first device on the first
controller (usually the hard drive), hdb is the second device on the
first controller, hdc is the first device on the second controller
(usuallly the CD-ROM), and hdd is the second device on the second
controller.
So it is getting the misimpression that there is a device for which it
must probe on the the second (slave) position) on each of the
controllers.
This is most likely a problem with either your bios settings--the first
thing I'd do is go into my bios setup and try disabling them there--or
with the physical cabling.
If that itsn't enough to solve the problem, perhaps you could
a) go back to /dev and MAKEDEV to reverse my earlier advice,
b) post the dmesg (/var/log/messages) messages relating to this to
the list, and
c) If you have a dual-boot system, watch Windows coming up and see what
it thinks about your devices.
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Michael D. Kirkpatrick wrote:
| Here is what is in my fstab file:
|
| /dev/hda8 / ext2 defaults 1 1
| /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
| /dev/hda6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
| /dev/hda5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
| /dev/hda7 /var ext2 defaults 1 2
| /dev/hda9 swap swap defaults 0 0
| /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
| sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
| none /proc proc defaults 0 0
| none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
|
| It looks correct to me. I don't know why it tries to detect 2 additional hard
| drives. It would not be so bad if it would not take 1-2 minutes to do that. On
| top of that (To add insult to injury), it tries to optimize them and errors out...
|
| Argh... This only happens on 3 of my boxes. I currently running 10 boxes and the
| other 7 have no problems. The only factor that is common between the 3 boxes are
| they are the same type of computer. I need to figure out how to manipulate the
| boot routine to tell it not to try checking for 2 non-existing hard drives. The 3
| boxes that have the problem are PIII 550 with 512 Meg of ram and 2-27 GIG HDs.
| They are the new boxes I just purchased. The other 7 are old pieces of sh*t that
| I picked up at $50 each. They seem to have fewer problems then the new ones do...
|
| John Aldrich wrote:
|
| > Check your /etc/fstab file. Make sure only /dev/hda is
| > defined (as far as HARD drives are concerned.... floppy and
| > other devices in there should, of course, be left alone!)
| > John
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