On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:49 -0500, James Homuth wrote:
> I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and
> after reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I
> currently have 0 swap space, and according to stat, ls etc, they don't
> exist. But, booting to an install CD I burned for diagnostic purposes,
> it sees them just fine. Also, and this is the strange part. It boots
> no problem, so the OS is able to mount at least /dev/hda3, even though
> from the command line I'm not seeing it. I'm probably missing
> something completely dead obvious (it's after midnight here and all),
> and Google's turning up nothing, so if someone could kindly slap me in
> the face with it, that'd be appreciated. Thanks either way for
> whatever help comes my way.
The first thing that jumps to my mind is you have an older initrd that
has your HD drivers in it (such as ATA), but the newer kernel you've
probably just built (is that what you mean by "a bit of an update"?)
doesn't.
Check for an initrd, and tell us what "a bit of an update" means :) You
could also compare config files between your rescue CD and your system,
if you can find it!
HTH,
--
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
-- Wynn Catlin
