Doesn't help right now but it sounds like an expander cable might be loose.
On 3/26/10, Stefan G. Weichinger <li...@xunil.at> wrote: > > Does anyone know this? > > I run 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 on a server, amd64 .. > > It has 8 hotswap-bays for hdds and lspci says it uses a ---> > > Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller > > So far I used the ahci-kernel-module, it worked. > > Until now we used only 4 hdds in that box, today I added 4 more. > > But I only see six drives ... /dev/sd[a-f] ... no /dev/sd[gh] > > hmmm > > I don't know if all the bays are wired correctly, I would have to take > the server offline for a longer period to check that. But I think one > could expect those hotswap-bays wired ready to use. > > My thought is, maybe the ahci-module is/was somehow limited with this > kernel? Maybe I should use another module? > > This server is remote, so I have to be careful right now. > > Thanks for any hints, Stefan > > -- Sent from my mobile device Kyle
