On Fre, 2003-04-11 at 16:24, Jessica Blank wrote: > > My nice little "CD burning server", under my bed, is crippled because the > large (40GB) IDE drive in it simply does not detect. > > This is a KNOWN WORKING drive. I just pulled it out of a working system.
[...] > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: PDC20246: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev > 70 > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: PDC20246: chipset revision 1 > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: PDC20246: not 100%% native mode: will > probe irqs later > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: PDC20246: ROM enabled at 0x80810000 > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: PDC20246: (U)DMA Burst Bit DISABLED > Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode. > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: ide2: BM-DMA at 0x0800-0x0807, BIOS > settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA > Apr 11 10:19:28 gandalf kernel: ide3: BM-DMA at 0x0808-0x080f, BIOS > settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:DMA > > .......however, as you can see, it does not detect the disk itself! Have you built support for whatever type the partition table on the disk is? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer