Can not access my slave drive...Need help!

[Larry Shields]

Kim Goldenberg wrote:
> Larry Shields wrote:
>   
>> Neil wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> *As of this morning I no-longer can access my slave drive, which has
>>>> ubuntu 8.04 on it...
>>>>
>>>> Upon booting up, I use the arrow key to move down to my second drive,
>>>> hit enter it then tells me Error 22: No such partition and no format
>>>> arguments...
>>>>
>>>> I then tried Knoppix 5.1 to see if it would access the slave drive, what
>>>> it told me as could not mount device...
>>>>
>>>> The reported error was:
>>>> mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified...
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help me out as to what I may need to do, to be able to once
>>>> again access the slave drive, without loosing what I have on it...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance Larry
>>>> *
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> First: do you have a backup?
>>> Can you please post the error message that says you can't mount it?
>>> Can you SMART test it using Knoppix?
>>> Have you checked the cable? (I have seen someone with an inexplicable
>>> hole in an IDE cable, in a PC that hasn't been open for a year. He
>>> hasn't been able to tell me how it happend)
>>>
>>> Hope I can help
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hello Neil,
>>
>> Know I do not have a backup...
>>
>> When trying to use the command mount, it  says can't find /dev/sdb in 
>> /etc/fstab, thats all...
>>
>> Now how do you SMART TEST it using Knoppix...???
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>     
>
> Have you checked if the drive is visible in the BIOS when you boot up? 
> If not, a cable might have gotten loose. Check the hardware side - loose 
> connectors (data and power). If possible move it to a different connect 
> or temporarily to test if it works there.
>
> Kim
>
>   
Hi Kim,

Yes that was the first thing that I did, and it is located in the bios, 
showing the  slave drive as ST3250823A...

The cables I have also checked, I even switched out the primary drive, 
replaced it with the slave, changing the jumper to master...But it will 
not boot, either...

Thanks for the help...

Larry

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