Re: Adding a second hard drive
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 04:09:53PM +0000, J.A.Serralheiro wrote:
> try /dev/hdc instead
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a second hard drive installed and in the Dell BIOS its seen as a 40
> > Gig hard drive which is correct.
> >
> > The system runs Debian Woody with kernel 2.4.17
> >
> > When I try to partition the second hard drive using cf disk, all I see is
> > the first hda drive...no sign at all of the second.
> >
> > cfdisk /dev/hdb and cfdisk /dev/hdd both report "FATAL ERROR: Cannot open
> > disk drive"
> >
> > What do I need to do to partition and format the second drive?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > Telephone: 0870 011 8494
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> > Web site: www.kirks.net
> >
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does the BIOS recognize the drive? if so, is it primary/secondary?
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