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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Install problem

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 02:54:29PM -0500, Josh Diakun wrote:

> Ok, after taking another look I guess I was wrong (it was almost 4am...
> I must have been see'ing things :) ), it does not recognize the hard
> disk whatsoever.  A quick look through /proc/partitions & /proc/ide0/*
> does not turn up any information on my hard disk at all.  So now I guess
> Im left wondering, how do I go about getting it to recognize my hard disk?
> 

if its a 2.6-based installer take a look at /sys/block/sd* and if they
exist then these are the probed IDE/ATA devices.

If the /sys directory doesn't exist then:

mkdir /sys
mount -t sysfs none /sys

and then take a look

mh

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