On 11/05/2010 06:33 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:47:42 -0400, dhk wrote: > >>> It's saying unknown block, not unknown fs. I suspect you haven't >>> compiled in the drivers for your hard disk controller. >>> >>> >> >> All my hard disks are sata except the main one with the os on it that is >> ide. Is a fairly new disk, may be a year old, but should the following >> driver be compiled in? >> [ ] Very old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver > > It's unlikely, more likely is that you don't have support for your > controller chipset built in. Boot fro the genkernel kernel and run lspci > -k to see which module it uses for the controller, then compile that into > your kernel. > >> Second, I broke a couple of >> motherboard sata connectors. Apparently the wire connection to the >> connector is tighter than the connector's connection to the motherboard, >> they pulled right off the board. > > That's happened to me a few times too. Fortunately, they push back on > almost as easily as they pull off. > > This is what I have.
$ lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: agpgart-amd64 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: forcedeth Kernel modules: forcedeth 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0 I think this may be the missing one(s). I can't find it in the list, but the AMD64/PATA is selected to be compiled in. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE Kernel modules: pata_acpi, ata_generic, pata_amd 00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Serial ATA Controller (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E Kernel driver in use: sata_nv Kernel modules: sata_nv, pata_acpi, ata_generic ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE] (rev a1) Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia 02:07.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 02:07.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 02:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 02:07.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev 46) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller Kernel driver in use: ohci1394 Kernel modules: ohci1394 --dhk