137GB+ HD Barrier in kernel?

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

My brand new Maxtor 160GB Udma133 wont be recognised properly in my gentoo install...

I made 4 primary partitions on it when installing gentoo:

boot = 100mb ext3
swap = 2048mb reiserfs <- oops it IS swap =D
root = 10240mb reiserfs
and the rest on my stuff partition wich I also have reiserfs on...

like this in fdisk:

snkmoorthy · Guru Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 376

Its not easy to answer a question "have I missed something in my kernel config" - you should build support for your IDE chipset, filesystem type all built in not as modules.

I'm assuming:

1. You said gentoo livecd allowed you to mount it.
1.1 meaning you were able to run mkreiserfs on the partition and mount
it.
2. Problem occurred when you rebooted to boot off the HD.
2.1 did u emerge reiserfsprogs, as the install docs tell you to?

Your "swap" partition can't be "reiserfs" - use mkswap and swapon.

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

I built every ide, filesystem all critical system stuff as built in(not as modules).

1. Yes.
1.1 Yes.
2. Well when mounting my stuff partition at /dev/hda4
2.1 Yup...

I had no problem to mount my root /dev/hda3 reiserfs.

(oops edited that should be swap! :oops:

)

snkmoorthy · Guru Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 376

ofcourse your fstab entries are valid for /dev/hda4 just like your /dev/hda3?

Still pondering over:

1. Are you trying to repartition /dev/hda4?
2. If that is the case, why would you be running mkreiserfs on the partition - shouldn' you fdisk first and then run mk-whatever on it?

and were you trying to run mkreiserfs on a mounted /dev/hda4??? :twisted:

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

My fstab entries are correct...

1. Yes
2. I did repartion it 2 times once with cfdisk and once with fdisk rebooting and then makin reiserfs on them same results.

couldnt mount it so then it couldnt have been mounted when i ran mkreiserfs /dev/hda4

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 7:32 pm Post subject:

I can't find anything via (a brief) google search for this weirdness. I'm assuming since you've repartitioned it and messed with it at this point there's no data on it anymore. If there is, well, I dunno. So, just to make sure we've got all of our ducks in a row:

fdisk /dev/hda
(check to make sure the partition is the right size, [w] to write the partition table to disk, or to be even more sure [d]elete partition 4, create a [n]ew partition (maximum size or whatever), [w]rite it to disk)
reboot just to be sure that the system reads the correct partition table
mkreiserfs /dev/hda4
mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda4 /name-of-directory-to-mount-to

If that doesn't work, give ext3 a shot (it's a dandy filesystem). If that doesn't work, well, something might be messed up. You can always hit an appropriate mailing list.

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

I think it is really wierd...

I can mount it with the livecd kernel but not with my homebuilt...

Is there any config settings or patches or something like that that doesnt exist in 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 kernel that does exist in the livecd kernel?

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 7:56 pm Post subject:

If you can mkreiserfs on the install CD, why can't you mount it when you're in your own install? What was the output of mount (not mkreiserfs)? Paste it here. Just boot with the install CD, mkreiserfs on /dev/hda4, reboot and mount it fresh in your installed system. That's what I'd like to see.

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

Hmm doesn do any diff...
When makin it guess...

snkmoorthy · Guru Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 376

hmm...does a disk support 3 primaries or 4 primaries?

Nemesis · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 22

fdisk says four...