[Gllug] Disappearing drive device (PATA)

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 16:25 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Sun 27 Apr, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks for this, as it helped me uncover that the mystery disk is
> > actually being mapped as /dev/sdc* - to be honest I am not sure whether
> > it was PATA or SATA, (though I do think PATA) I'd have to have a look
> > inside to remind myself, but obviously there is something broken in the
> > Ubuntu upgrade one way or the other and I ought to file a bug (I could
> > also spool though old backups to see how it was all handled under 7.10
> > if I can be bothered)
> > 
> 
>    I attatched an external disc but could not see where it was auto-mounted.
> I found that the quickest way to find the correct name for a disc was to use
> df, with the added advantage of seeing the available free space.
> 

This one wasn't mounted. There was an entry in fstab for /dev/hda1 which
did not exist.

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