The results are encouraging ! I am able to see both disks on at least 1 IDE channel, so we have surely fixed the problem with the kernel. Will check cabling etc for the other IDE channel.
Thanks very much ! Rohit 2009/9/6 Rohit <[email protected]> > To Volkerarmin and Wwong, > > Thanks for your inputs - both of you. I will try these both right away and > let you know. > > Best regards, > Rohit > > 2009/9/5 Rohit <[email protected]> > > Hi there, >> >> I rejoin the list after 5-6 years. Was able to fix most of the things >> myself but this one has me totally bowled over. >> >> I have an IDE disk enclosure (can house 2 disks per IDE channel, a total >> of 4 currently plugged in) which makes IDE disks available to the main >> computer via 2x USB 2.0 connection (One USB 2.0 port connected to IDE >> adapter). >> The problem I have is that the computer is able to see only 1 IDE disk per >> channel. At a time, as a result, my server can only see 2 disks instead of 4 >> connected, one disk per channel only. >> >> I have tried all possible combinations of jumpers (master/slave, >> cable-select, force-slave-present) for each pair. >> >> Interestingly - Windows XP / YetAnotherReiserFS GUI is able to see/read >> all 4 (2 pairs) disks so I think it is something that needs fixing in Linux >> kernel/drivers and the enclosure box is not the source of problem. >> I confirm individual disks are fine as well. >> I am currently running Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8. >> >> Has anyone else encountered this problem before ? /proc/config.gz is also >> attached. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Rohit >> > > >
