[PLUG] how to find out where my new SATA drive is

Mike De La Mater mikedela at theplatinumrule.com
Tue Apr 20 18:25:02 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 16:52, Mike Neal wrote:
> When you boot the box is there any recognition of the SATA drive in the 
> BIOS messages or in the CMOS setup screens?  If the BIOS doesn't see it, 
> the OS may not either.
> At 07:10 AM 4/20/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >I've just added a new SATA drive to my existing FC1 system.
> >(2.4.22-1.2166.nptl kernel)
> >
> >I'd like to initialize the drive, but I have no idea where it is in the
> >device system.
> >
> >Where did my OS stash this information?

There is regognition of the drive in the BIOS, just no mention of it in
the proc dir. I'm researching a driver for it.

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