You are correct. Thanks. However I am now working on creating /dev/hd0 and /dev/hdm (MAKEDEV only goes so far up the alphabet). I think mknod is the answer.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Jamin W. Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 1:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Maxtor IDE controller cards not working > > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:11:05AM -0500, Greg wrote: > > > > I have a pc that I use as a fileserver and I have recently migrated it > > from RH 7.3 to Debian Woody (with some stuff from Sarge and Sid in > > it). I have 6 disks in the pc as follows: > > > > System/OS /dev/hda 4.2 GB > > data /dev/hdo 40 GB > > data /dev/hdm 80 GB > > data /dev/hde 203 GB > > data /dev/hdi 203 GB > > data /dev/hdk 203 GB > > > > I want to set up 3 disk RAID 5 array using mdadm and software raid. > > RH had no problem with it so I know it can be done. The disks that I > > used are recognized on the box as hde, hdi, and hdk. I can use fdisk > > to recognize hde, but fdisk will not recognize any other disk on the > > pc. As you can see from the dmesg, I am using several Maxtor > > controller cards (they came with the hard drives) - 1 hard drive per > > bus, each set as a master. During startup the BIOS gives the > > appropriate messages on the hard drives and the dmesg seems to suggest > > that the system at least can identify them. However, I cannot use 4 of > > the 6 disks in my pc. If I can mount and format them then I am sure I > > can set up the RAID array on the 3 I use for a RAID array > > Have you checked to see if the device nodes exist in /dev? I suspect > you will find that they don't. On the system I just checked it stops at > /dev/hdh20, beyond that you would need to create them. Alternatively > you could look into devfs. > > -- > Jamin W. Collins > > "Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups." > -- John Kenneth Galbraith > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
