Mounting problem: SATA disk under FC6

[tokyoi at mac.com]

Many thanks for your prompt response, Ed!


Ed Greshko wrote:
> Did you just add the PCI card?
>   

No, I've been playing with it for a while ... !
> Please do the following.....
>
> 1.  Reboot your system as you have in the past where the drive is not
> recognized.
>
> 2.  *BEFORE* you disconnect the power and reconnect get the output of lsmod
> and see if sata_sil is loaded.
>   

[root at tokyoii ~]# lsmod | grep sata_sil
sata_sil               15817  0
libata                104789  1 sata_sil

> 3.  Do you disconnect, reconnect thing and check the output of lsmod again.
>  Is sata_sil now loaded?
>   
lsmod now reads,

[root at tokyoii ~]# lsmod | grep sata_sil
sata_sil               15817  0
libata                104789  1 sata_sil

So, no change there.

> If so, then you probably will need to make a new initrd for your kernel and
> place it in /boot.  Check the mkinitrd command for details.

I'll have a look at that as my next step.

Many thanks!

Ian