On Saturday 25 September 2004 12:10 pm, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:01:01PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello all, > > I had a dual boot system with Windows and Linux > > installed. Bought a new cd writer and found out I had to > > upgrade win 98 to SE to use new software for writer. SE > > costs more than the writer did. Nuts to microsoft. > > Took Windows out and installed Debian Sarge with > > the new installer. I really am happy with it. > > My question is How do I reformat my second hard > > drive that is presently Fat 32 windows so that Linux can > > use it for backup. I tried cfdisk but linux cannot see the > > drive. I have a Maxtor cd for the drive, which is Maxtor, > > but there is no Linux formating available on it. I sent > > them an e-mail asking why not. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Doug > > Linux can use fat32. If cfdisk cannot see the disk, it is because Linux > can't. Do you have the right modules loaded for your second disk? > > Open a terminal and type /sbin/lsmod to see what modules are loaded. > > What kind of disk is it? > > What does the 'dmesg' command say? Please include all output. > > Excerpts from mine: > > SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01 > > SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > > > > hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, ATA DISK drive > > hdb: WDC AC14300R, ATA DISK drive > > hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100, ATAPI CDROM drive > > > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > hda: IBM-DJNA-371350, 12949MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1650/255/63 > > hdb: WDC AC14300R, 4112MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63 > > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache > > > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > > > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 > > -- > The world's most effective spam filter: > ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER
This is the output from/sbin/lsmod. Sorry it took so long to get back. had a configuration problem with kmail. Module Size Used by Not tainted input 3040 0 (autoclean) apm 8492 1 (autoclean) appletalk 18852 12 (autoclean) parport_pc 19400 1 (autoclean) lp 5952 0 parport 21736 1 [parport_pc lp] af_packet 11560 1 (autoclean) emu10k1-gp 1256 0 (unused) gameport 1388 0 [emu10k1-gp] usb-uhci 19632 0 (unused) usbcore 52908 1 [usb-uhci] emu10k1 50956 2 ac97_codec 11412 0 [emu10k1] sound 50280 0 [emu10k1] soundcore 3268 7 [emu10k1 sound] ide-scsi 8464 0 scsi_mod 85412 1 [ide-scsi] natsemi 14112 1 crc32 2848 0 [natsemi] agpgart 39396 0 (unused) ide-cd 27968 1 cdrom 25056 0 [ide-cd] rtc 6280 0 (autoclean) ext3 66600 1 (autoclean) jbd 35076 1 (autoclean) [ext3] ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused) via82cxxx 9416 1 (autoclean) ide-disk 12544 2 (autoclean) ide-core 93980 3 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect via82cxxx ide-disk] unix 13260 136 (autoclean) Below is the out in part fromdmesg. I figured this was all you needed if you need it all I will send. Doug Freeing unused kernel memory: 92k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide: late registration of driver. VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1 VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596a (rev 05) IDE UDMA33 controller on pci00:07.1 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive hdb: Maxtor 88400D8, ATA DISK drive blk: queue ca8263e0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) blk: queue ca82651c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hdc: LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: SAMSUNG SCR-2432, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: attached ide-disk driver. hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=79656/16/63, UDMA(33) hdb: attached ide-disk driver. hdb: 16408224 sectors (8401 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=16278/16/63, UDMA(33) Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [4998/255/63] p1 p2 < p5 > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: [PTBL] [1021/255/63] p1 Journalled Block Device driver loaded kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Adding Swap: 497972k swap-space (priority -1) EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]