I mis spoke it is a new-used drive. I've had it a while. 'fdisk' returns with an empty set and 'fdisk -l' returns an empty set too. 'fdisk /dev/hda1' returns with 'no such file or directory'. How do I check my bios? As for the possibility of there being a cabling issue, I've opened the cabinet and reset the cables (unplugged and plugged back in) about 5 times On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > fdisk -l > > Will list all the drives seen by the system. > > If your drive is not there, check your cabling. > Check your bios to see if it's there. > If not there might be a power cable issue? > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> same response after I added the 'a' >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >>> Data drives are /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1 for first drive of first >>> partition increment a to b for 2nd drive and 1 to 2 for second partition. >>> On Nov 18, 2011 4:29 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: >>> >>>> I just installed a new hard drive and it isn't showing up What do you >>>> think is wrong? I tried mount /dev/hd1 /mnt/hd1 but the reply was 'mount >>>> point .... does not exist' >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > (602) 791-8002 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: