Can you see the disk in BIOS setup ? -- Elton Machado info@ideiasdigitais.co.pt http://www.ideiasdigitais.co.pt PGP KEY # 69EBD43A Portugal *** O tempo pode ser o teu melhor amigo. Se tiveres tempo para o saberes. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional Registered Linux On Monday, 1 de October de 2001 19:20, Oliver Ob wrote: # THOMAS ADAM schrieb: # > # > > Do you actually have the hard drive attached as master # > drive in your first # > > IDE channel (hda)? # > > # > > Is the device file /dev/hda correct? # > > # > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 May 21 # > 08:21 /dev/hda # > > # > > Did you try "gpart" yet? # > # > I wouldn't recommend using that personally...in my # > experience it causes more problems than it solves (thank # > you N-curses :-) # > # > > Have you tried the rescue system from the first suse CD? # > It should be # > > enough to boot your computer and examine the hard drive. # > Post the contents # > > of /proc/partitions, post the output of "dmesg". # > # > dmesg &> $HOME/dmesg_output.txt && exec unix2dos # > $HOME/dmesg_output.txt # > # > should do the trick, but I fail to see how this helps, # > since dmesg mearly reports output from the "kernel ring" # > buffer, and will not give specifics on HDD failures. # > # > My advice would be to check "/var/log/messages" # > # > --Thomas Adam # > # well all those advises are nothing since i told and wrote: # # i cannot access the whole partition. # not read, not write not boot # so i cannot test that. # # only thing i have been able to give you in the very first # mail which I resend now is detailed error descriptions