Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Thu, 5 May 2005 11:04:17 -0700 (PDT)

> >I have Debian SID on my machine running on an IDE disk [No problem
> >here]. I also have 2 SATA (ntfs) disks on the silicon chipset of my
> >mobo [Those are the ones I can't mount]. I compiled my own kernel
> >(2.6.10) and got the kernel to see the two drives. When I do a "cat
> >/proc/scsi/scsi" I get :
> >Attached devices:
> >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> >  Vendor: ATA      Model: WDC WD1200JD-00G Rev: 02.0
> >  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> >Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> >  Vendor: ATA      Model: WDC WD2000JD-00H Rev: 08.0
> >  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> >
> >When I check the /proc/partition file, none of them show up there.
> >I tried mounting /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda but both return "mount:
> >/dev/sda1 is not a valid block device".

> Look in /sys/block. You might see a folder like sda, sdb, etc...  Inside
> that folder, there might be another folder sda1, sda2, sda3.  If so, you
> can get more info on your device with "udevinfo -a -p /sys/block/sda/sda1"
> (change sda/sda1 to whatever you have).
>
> Hannuman

Just for the record:

It turns out to be that I did not set the option (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD) in the kernel under Device Drivers —> SCSI device support —> SCSI disk support. I compiled the new 2.6.11 kernel with this option on and everything is running smoothly. Now I have /dev/sda and sdb. I guess the title of the option is a little bit confusing and it would be great if it included something about sata disks too. The only tip I got was the help text for the CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA option, which is not even in the same category!

Ibrahim Mubarak