The only things I can think of at the moment: 1. Somehow the device number got changed: On my system /dev/hda is major 3. The minor numbers correspond to the partition. 2. You are running a kernel which does not have IDE built into the kernel. 3. Somehow your partition table was altered. First, how are you booting? Is SuSE on another drive or partition? Usually, when I suspect partition corruption, the first thing I do is to run Partition Magic (which is a commercial product that runs under Windows and standalone). You can use YaST2 partition tool to view the partitions. You should see /dev/hda with a size and type, /dev/hda1 type FAT or MS-DOS, and /dev/hda2 Linux Native. Or you can run fdisk, which is a command line utility. If the partitioner is able to see those partitions and they are labeled correctly then you should be able to mount them: as root: mount -t ms-dos /dev/hda1 /mnt or mount /dev/hda2 /mnt In the past, I have been able to boot the SuSE installation CD, then once you get the first menu, use a virtual terminal (eg. ctl-alt-f3) and try to mount the partitions on your ram disk. Also, make sure that your IDE drive itself is online, check the cabling. /dev/hda - Primary IDE Master /dev/hdb - Primary IDE Slave /dev/hdc - Secondary IDE Master /dev/hdd - Secondary Slave On my system I have had my primary master go to sleep (as the result of a failing power supply). On 30 Mar 2002 at 0:03, Oliver Ob wrote:
do not know what you mean jerry, i use a standard suse kernel, so i have ide inside.
how can i get access to that drive now?
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