Doug B wrote:
On Monday 15 November 2004 03:37 am, jalal wrote:
I just had a /dev/hdb disk that wouldh't mount. I have /dev/hda on IDE1 and /dev/hdb on IDE2 and I shifted /dev/hdb onto IDE1 (as a slave) and it works again. Whether the problem was the cable or the mobo I'm not sure... I'll probably replace the mobo soon anyway.
I must be misunderstanding something.
I thought /dev/hdb is *always* the second device (slave) on the first IDE controller.
If a drive is on the second IDE controller (master), I thought it was /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd as a slave (even with no device on the first IDE controller slave- postition.
If that is the case, you wouldn't find /dev/hdb on the second IDE controller.
hd...a,b,c,d,e,f.etc shows where the drive is, not which drive 'number' it is.
But maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
Doug
No you're right... originally the disk was /dev/hdc, then I moved it to /dev/hdb and it worked correctly. cheers jalal -- GPG fingerprint = 3D45 5509 D380 26A4 523E A9D8 A66A 5F38 CA43 BB0E