RE: hard disk not recognized
dont think linux does, without drivers for it .. most of the DMA66
controllers have linux drivers, check the debian-user archives for some
urls..
nate
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 richart1@home.com wrote:
richar >The disk has 3 partitions. One is for Windows, the other 2 are for Linux.
richar >The Linux part is formatted for linux and works fine as long as I don't use
richar >the controller card. I'm wondering if Linux just doesn't know about this
richar >kind of card? Bob
richar >
richar >-----Original Message-----
richar >From: aphro [mailto:nate@firetrail.com]
richar >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 9:37 PM
richar >To: richart1@home.com
richar >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; recipient list not shown: ;
richar >Subject: Re: hard disk not recognized
richar >
richar >
richar >it may be a stupid question but i have to ask did you happen to reformat
richar >the drive to use the linux filesystem(ext2fs?) or is it using a MS windows
richar >"compadible" file system ? i can't imaigne why a drive wouldnt be
richar >recognized if the filesystem was compadible. with the exception of a
richar >broken bios(which i've only seen once, long story im sure its not what
richar >your experiencing)
richar >
richar >nate
richar >
richar >On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 richart1@home.com wrote:
richar >
richar >richar >I found that I can get Linux to recognize my hard disk by unplugging
richar >it from
richar >richar >the Promise Technology Ultra ATA/66 controller card and plugging
richar >directly
richar >richar >into the motherboard. The only problem is now Windows can't see the
richar >disk! Is
richar >richar >there anything I can do so that both OSes can see the disk? Thanks.
richar >richar >
richar >richar >Bob
richar >richar >
richar >richar >
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