[NTLUG:Discuss] Discovering new device names

[Wayne Walker]

dmesg; cat /proc/partitions; df 

Between those three output sets you should be able to find it.

Wayne

On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:11:26AM +0000, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> I have a machine (Compaq/HP DL380 G3 probably - forgot to check) with a 
> RAID controller (SmartArray 6400, six disks, RAID 5, no spare, one 
> logical drive) which contains two NTFS partitions.  Booting Knoppix from 
> CD, cciss module is loaded but no partitions are mounted.  From Googling 
> it appears that this is the driver for the controller.
> 
> Question:
> 
> How do I determine which device names might be assigned to these two 
> partitions (assuming the cciss module is correct and able to see the 
> partitions on the RAID controller) so that I can mount them?  Any other 
> troubleshooting steps would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
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