Re: how to format mySeagate ST33210A

[Ralph Winslow <rjw@nac.net>]

Patrick Olson wrote:
> 
> Jumping in the middle here, so pardon me if I'm way off.  Is your Seagate
> ST33210A an IDE drive?

Yes
> 
> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Ralph Winslow wrote:
> 
> > > What do you mean by "using the second"?
> >
> > I mean the second, Ramdisk, diskette.
> 
> You mean the disk it asks for after you boot the 'rescue" disk, right?

That's correct
> 
> > I tried re-running it three times.  I'm reluctant to report a bug on
> > Debian 1.0
> > software, though.
> 
> Debian 1.0?  I'm going to assume you mean 2.0, in which case I have the
> same disks...

No, I labeled them Debian 1.0 when I created them.  I might have
mislabeled
them, though.
> 
> > > What does dmesg report?
> 
> Your dmesg report doesn't mention /dev/hdd or the Seagate drive at all.  I
> think that is the problem right there.  /dev/hdd would be secondary slave
> IDE I think.  Can anything (maybe the BIOS) find the drive?

No, I see that the dmesg report doesn't see the drive, and the BIOS
doesn't
detect it, either.  I also notice that the HDD light on my generic
(Kenitec)
case stays constantly lit when the new drive is installed.  I don't know
what
to do about it, though.
> 
> If you can run without the CD-ROM temporarily, how about setting the
> Seagate as primary slave in place of the CD-ROM which is now /dev/hdb

I'll give that a try - I seldom use the CD anyway (sounds not working
either).
> 
> Again, I'm sorry if I'm way off on this, I just finally saw something I
> thought I might be able to answer.

Thanks for your response.

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