Re: partition second hard drive
On Saturday 25 September 2004 12:10 pm, Stefan O'Rear wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:01:01PM -0400, dougpol1@adelphia.net wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I had a dual boot system with Windows and Linux
> > installed. Bought a new cd writer and found out I had to
> > upgrade win 98 to SE to use new software for writer. SE
> > costs more than the writer did. Nuts to microsoft.
> > Took Windows out and installed Debian Sarge with
> > the new installer. I really am happy with it.
> > My question is How do I reformat my second hard
> > drive that is presently Fat 32 windows so that Linux can
> > use it for backup. I tried cfdisk but linux cannot see the
> > drive. I have a Maxtor cd for the drive, which is Maxtor,
> > but there is no Linux formating available on it. I sent
> > them an e-mail asking why not.
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > Doug
>
> Linux can use fat32. If cfdisk cannot see the disk, it is because Linux
> can't. Do you have the right modules loaded for your second disk?
>
> Open a terminal and type /sbin/lsmod to see what modules are loaded.
>
> What kind of disk is it?
>
> What does the 'dmesg' command say? Please include all output.
>
> Excerpts from mine:
> > SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01
> > SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> >
> > hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, ATA DISK drive
> > hdb: WDC AC14300R, ATA DISK drive
> > hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI CDROM drive
> >
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> > hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, 12949MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1650/255/63
> > hdb: WDC AC14300R, 4112MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63
> > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache
> >
> > Partition check:
> > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
> > hdb: hdb1 hdb2
>
> --
> The world's most effective spam filter:
> ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER
This is the output from/sbin/lsmod. Sorry it took so long to get back. had a
configuration problem with kmail.
Module Size Used by Not tainted
input 3040 0 (autoclean)
apm 8492 1 (autoclean)
appletalk 18852 12 (autoclean)
parport_pc 19400 1 (autoclean)
lp 5952 0
parport 21736 1 [parport_pc lp]
af_packet 11560 1 (autoclean)
emu10k1-gp 1256 0 (unused)
gameport 1388 0 [emu10k1-gp]
usb-uhci 19632 0 (unused)
usbcore 52908 1 [usb-uhci]
emu10k1 50956 2
ac97_codec 11412 0 [emu10k1]
sound 50280 0 [emu10k1]
soundcore 3268 7 [emu10k1 sound]
ide-scsi 8464 0
scsi_mod 85412 1 [ide-scsi]
natsemi 14112 1
crc32 2848 0 [natsemi]
agpgart 39396 0 (unused)
ide-cd 27968 1
cdrom 25056 0 [ide-cd]
rtc 6280 0 (autoclean)
ext3 66600 1 (autoclean)
jbd 35076 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
via82cxxx 9416 1 (autoclean)
ide-disk 12544 2 (autoclean)
ide-core 93980 3 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect
via82cxxx ide-disk]
unix 13260 136 (autoclean)
Below is the out in part fromdmesg. I figured this was all you needed if you
need it all I will send.
Doug
Freeing unused kernel memory: 92k freed
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ide: late registration of driver.
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596a (rev 05) IDE UDMA33 controller on pci00:07.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 88400D8, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue ca8263e0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
blk: queue ca82651c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: SAMSUNG SCR-2432, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=79656/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
hdb: 16408224 sectors (8401 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=16278/16/63, UDMA(33)
Partition check:
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [4998/255/63] p1 p2 < p5 >
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: [PTBL] [1021/255/63] p1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding Swap: 497972k swap-space (priority -1)
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
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