From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263777AbTLEDvn (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:51:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263849AbTLEDvn (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:51:43 -0500 Received: from out001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.140]:34768 "EHLO out001.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263777AbTLEDvl (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:51:41 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net To: "Rahsheen Porter Sr." , lkml Subject: Re: HPT366 ate my IDE controllers Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:51:40 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20031204211522.01e89897.microrahsheen@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20031204211522.01e89897.microrahsheen@comcast.net> Organization: None that appears to be detectable by casual observers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312042251.40092.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [151.205.10.15] at Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:51:40 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 04 December 2003 21:15, Rahsheen Porter Sr. wrote: >When I boot 2.6.0test11 on my Abit BP6, it *only* sees the HPT366 >controllers. The other 2 controllers built in to the mobo don't show >up at all. All I see is what's plugged into the 2 HPT366 > controllers. > >So my root partition, which resides on /dev/hde1 with 2.4.20, > becomes /dev/hda1. And my extra partitions that were on /dev/hdg > are on /dev/hdc. This wouldn't be a problem accept that what was on > /dev/hda and hdc are now gone. > >What would cause the kernel to totally ignore the built in > controllers? I'd bet a small amount that there is something in the bios you've set that is making that decision for you. Probably a boot offboard controllers first or some such. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.