From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 03:12:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01C31065679 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:12:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118008FC14 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:12:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl29-76.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.156.76]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id m8D3CEMr020235 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:20 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m8D3CEF7037819; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:14 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m8D3CCxG037818; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:12 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: mahlerrd@yahoo.com References: <112592.11513.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:12:11 +0300 In-Reply-To: <112592.11513.qm@web51002.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (Richard Mahlerwein's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:20 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: <87prn8spro.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MailScanner-ID: m8D3CEMr020235 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.847, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.55, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disappearing Hard Drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:12:36 -0000 On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:20 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein wrote: > I have a puzzling problem.=A0 I'm sure I just missed something simple, > but I can't figure out what. > > I added a drive to my system as Master on controller 2.=A0=A0 After > turning back on, I found I couldn't see that 80 GB drive on my > system.=A0 I turned it off, checked all settings, then turned it back on > and verified that the BIOS can see it - it's properly listed as an 80 > GB Samsung as Master on 2.=A0 It sounds normal, looks normal and I can > feel it spin up. > > But I still don't see it on my system to mount it.=A0 I had just done > this process with a 40 GB drive and it worked just fine, so I knew > that I knew how to do it.=A0 That one showed up in dmesg and was easily > mounted.=A0 For what it's worth, my Linux desktop, when I hook this > drive up to an oddball USB-ATA adapter, acts exactly like it does with > every OTHER drive I've pulled out of a FreeBSD box - it sees it but > hasn't a clue how to mount it properly.=A0 So I don't think the drive is > a dud or anything.=A0 It was in use until a few weeks ago. If you connect the drive to the USB-SATA adapter and then attach to BSD, does the drive also work fine?