Hello
2 days ago I installed (as a test / comparison as i normally only use
Linux) Windows 2000 on one of my harddisks (I have 2 IDE drives with 14
+ 8 GB and 2 SCSI drives with 1 and 4 GB (Adaptec 2940 controller)
I have successfully installed Windows 2000 but found that after
installation of W2K i could not access the 4GB Harddisk on Linux
anymore. This is for me absolutly strange. Originally I had only Linux
partitions on this drive but now only W2K, Windows 98 and Windows NT are
able to access the drive. I can't even access it with 'fdisk' on linux
as it's completly disappeared.
For me it seems like W2K has erased some information on the harddisk
which allowed to access it. But as I said there is no problem accessing
it from MS-OS'es. Also the adaptec bios shows the drive successfully.
I have tried all the different adaptec controller options but non could
solve the problem!
Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 but I tried it with several (also
older) distributions all have the same problem!
Here the start messages from 'dmesg':
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/12/0
(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded
enable_irq() unbalanced from c801a55a
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.29/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
(scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: IBM Model: DPES-31080 Rev: S31K
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. <------
ID of missing drive
Vendor: IMS Model: CDD2000/00 Rev: 1.26
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 <----
But only ID 4 detected CD.
(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 4.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-5401TA Rev: 3605
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2118144 [1034 MB] [1.0
GB]
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
Here are the original Messages before the Installation of W2K:
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0Jun 14
22:47:18 home kernel: (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422
instructions downloadedJun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: enable_irq()
unbalanced from c801a55a
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.29Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel:
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 10.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: Vendor: IBM Model:
DPES-31080 Rev: S31K
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0,
id 0, lun 0
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL
ST4.3S Rev: 0F04
Jun 14 22:47:18 home kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0,
id 3, lun 0
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Vendor: IMS Model:
CDD2000/00 Rev: 1.26
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Type:
CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel
0, id 4, lun 0
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: (scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 4.0 Mbyte/sec,
offset 15.
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM
XM-5401TA Rev: 3605
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Type:
CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel
0, id 6, lun 0
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 2118144 [1034 MJun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
sda3
Jun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 8471232 [4136 MJun 14 22:47:19 home kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2
sdb3
Maybe someone is able to help me with this problem. The only possibility
to access my linux partitions on sdb (with some important information)
are currently from Windows using 'explore2fs'.
Thank you for any help!!!!
Please post answers to my above email address as I am not subscribed to
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Dietmar
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