Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:11 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disappearing Hard Drive? Message-ID: <87prn8spro.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <112592.11513.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (Richard Mahlerwein's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:20 -0700 (PDT)") References: <112592.11513.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:20 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yaho= o.com> wrote: > I have a puzzling problem.=A0 I'm sure I just missed something simple, > but I can't figure out what. > > I added a drive to my system as Master on controller 2.=A0=A0 After > turning back on, I found I couldn't see that 80 GB drive on my > system.=A0 I turned it off, checked all settings, then turned it back on > and verified that the BIOS can see it - it's properly listed as an 80 > GB Samsung as Master on 2.=A0 It sounds normal, looks normal and I can > feel it spin up. > > But I still don't see it on my system to mount it.=A0 I had just done > this process with a 40 GB drive and it worked just fine, so I knew > that I knew how to do it.=A0 That one showed up in dmesg and was easily > mounted.=A0 For what it's worth, my Linux desktop, when I hook this > drive up to an oddball USB-ATA adapter, acts exactly like it does with > every OTHER drive I've pulled out of a FreeBSD box - it sees it but > hasn't a clue how to mount it properly.=A0 So I don't think the drive is > a dud or anything.=A0 It was in use until a few weeks ago. If you connect the drive to the USB-SATA adapter and then attach to BSD, does the drive also work fine?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87prn8spro.fsf>