[PLUG] Can't mount old drive in Debian

[linux-yug]

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 09:56 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I installed a new hard drive on which to install Debian. I had intended to place the old hard drive in a USB enclosure that I already had. Unfortunately, the old drive is SATA, and the USB enclosure is not a SATA enclosure. So, instead I opted to place the old drive in the ultrabay frame that I used for my 500 GB backup drive. 
> 
> All seemed to go well, but Squeeze is not finding the drive. I get the following:
> 
> jjj at Devil8:~$ dmesg |tail
> [40648.050094] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xa0
> [40648.050100] hda: Strange, packet command initiated yet DRQ isn't asserted
> [40648.050326] hda: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> [40648.050341] hda: status error: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand }
> [40648.050349] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xa0
> [40648.050356] hda: Strange, packet command initiated yet DRQ isn't asserted
> [40648.050595] hda: status error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> [40648.050610] hda: status error: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand }
> [40648.050618] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xa0
> [40648.050624] hda: Strange, packet command initiated yet DRQ isn't asserted
> 
> Can someone offer suggestions?
> 


Everything else being equal..

I would look in BIOS first..

Is the hard drive recognized by the Motherboard??

Double check  both ends of the connectors..


HTH

Linux-yug