Re: [Thinstation-general] Unable to see HDD in /dev

[Trevor B. <tre...@us...>]

On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 07:48 -0800, Dan Burns wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm currently testing our Thinstation build (v2.2.2) with a new Dell
> Optiplex FX160 we've got in, after updating to the latest Broadcom driver
> everything is working great, apart from one minor issue.  The device does
> not have a hard disk but instead is using a 512MB NVRAM drive (more than
> enough for Thinstation !), our build boots absoloutely fine off this (we
> boot from the Hard Disk), however once Thinstation is loaded if I look in
> /dev I cannot see a device for the hard disk.  Oddly enough if I boot with a
> Knoppix CD I have it can see the disk fine (it shows as /dev/sda1).
> 
> If I was to guess I'd assume its because there's another module (or few !)
> that need updating since this is a new piece of kit.  If it's any help I was
> able to extract this information from /proc/scsi/scsi when I booted in
> Knoppix :
> 
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ATA      Model: 512MB ATA Flash  Rev: AD B
> Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05

It seems to indicate that it's an ATA drive. Have you tried any of the
sata drivers?

I'd try ata_piix first (I believe that this is a generic intel driver).
Later kernels have a more 'generic' driver, but 2.2.2 is still on
2.6.16.5. If you can see what driver is being used in Knoppix, it will
help. 

One of the dilemas of trying to build so it will fit on old 386's with
8Mb RAM or the latest & greatest with SAS & other drives (although
probably a little bit of an overkill for a thinclient :-)

Good Luck
Trevor B
> 
> Although this issue doesn't stop us using Thinstation with these devices it
> prevents us from using the HDUpdate feature or accessing the disk from Samba
> which are both a massive help due to our large number of clients.  If anyone
> can point me in the right direction I'd be hugely grateful as I'm stuck as
> what to do next.
> 
> Thanks in advance !
> 
> Dan Burns
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Trevor Batley
Thinstation Developer
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