I don't see any references to sda or hda....getting very scary. Here is the output from dmesg:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ dmesg
[    0.921382] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
[    0.921823] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    0.925412] brd: module loaded
[    0.927709] loop: module loaded
[    0.927715] cloop: Initializing cloop v2.639
[    0.929705] cloop: loaded (max 8 devices)
[    0.930815] nbd: registered device at major 43
[    0.934725] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
[    0.935317] ide-gd driver 1.18
[    0.935377] ide-cd driver 5.00
[    0.936170] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[    0.937094] mpt2sas version 13.100.00.00 loaded
[    0.937265] VMware PVSCSI driver - version 1.0.2.0-k
[    0.937593] SCSI Media Changer driver v0.25
[    0.938423] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.13
[    0.938442] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: enabling device (0005 -> 0007)
[    0.938548] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.939430] scsi0 : ata_piix
[    0.939632] scsi1 : ata_piix
[    0.939779] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xffa0 irq 14
[    0.939783] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xffa8 irq 15
[    0.939875] ata1: port disabled--ignoring
[    0.943281] pata_sil680 0000:01:07.0: version 0.4.9
[    0.943325] sil680: 133MHz clock.
[    0.944316] scsi2 : pata_sil680
[    0.944507] scsi3 : pata_sil680
[    0.944666] ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xecf8 ctl 0xecf0 bmdma 0xecc0 irq 16
[    0.944671] ata4: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xece0 ctl 0xecd8 bmdma 0xecc8 irq 16
[    0.945455] Error: Driver 'pata_platform' is already registered, aborting...
[    0.946140] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    0.946804] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    0.947335] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.947342] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.947355] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    0.951271] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[    0.951282] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    0.951312] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xffa00800
[    0.960036] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    0.960074] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    0.960079] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.960083] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.960087] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.11 ehci_hcd
[    0.960090] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[    0.960341] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.960351] hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    0.960544] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    0.960695] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    0.960742] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.960747] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.960757] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    0.960790] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 16, io base 0x0000ff80
[    0.960846] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    0.960852] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.960855] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.960859] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.11 uhci_hcd
[    0.960863] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[    0.961116] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.961125] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.961228] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.961234] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.961244] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    0.961289] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000ff60
[    0.961343] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    0.961349] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.961353] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.961357] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.11 uhci_hcd
[    0.961360] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[    0.961603] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.961612] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.961713] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.961719] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.961730] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    0.961771] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000ff40
[    0.961829] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    0.961834] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.961839] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    0.961842] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.6.11 uhci_hcd
[    0.961846] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[    0.962096] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.962105] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.962404] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[    0.962497] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    0.962500] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[    0.962567] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-alauda
[    0.962631] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-cypress
[    0.962697] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-datafab
[    0.962758] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums_eneub6250
[    0.962820] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-freecom
[    0.962883] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-isd200
[    0.962945] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-jumpshot
[    0.963010] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-karma
[    0.963072] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-onetouch
[    0.963140] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[    0.963207] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr09
[    0.963270] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr55
[    0.963380] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-usbat
[    0.963555] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBD] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    0.963559] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
[    0.964354] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    0.964673] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    0.965103] rtc_cmos 00:05: RTC can wake from S4
[    0.965339] rtc_cmos 00:05: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    0.965369] rtc0: alarms up to one day, 242 bytes nvram
[    0.965544] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    0.965640] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.23.0-ioctl (2012-07-25) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    0.965797] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[    0.965885] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    0.965888] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    0.965950] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[    0.965953] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[    0.968012] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    0.968016] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    0.968019] Initializing Realtek PCIE storage driver...
[    0.968109] zram: num_devices not specified. Using default: 1
[    0.968112] zram: Creating 1 devices ...
[    0.968793] ashmem: initialized
[    0.969706] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
[    0.969718] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    0.969740] NET: Registered protocol family 15
[    0.969837] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[    0.969841] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[    0.969925] Key type dns_resolver registered
[    0.970225] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[    0.970502] registered taskstats version 1
[    0.970846] rtc_cmos 00:05: setting system clock to 2014-02-04 19:02:45 UTC (1391540565)
[    0.971090] ALSA device list:
[    0.971093]   No soundcards found.
[    0.997813] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input2
[    1.100302] ata2.00: FORCE: horkage modified (noncq)
[    1.100310] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST GCE-8481B, C102, max UDMA/33
[    1.113513] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[    1.114133] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B  C102 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.115434] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    1.115439] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    1.115692] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    1.115981] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[    1.480032] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2532.886 MHz
[    1.480040] Switching to clocksource tsc
[    5.956680] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   10.970015] ata3: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
[   16.136680] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   20.990011] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   26.156678] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   31.010012] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   36.176675] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   66.043340] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   71.050008] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   71.061817] ata3: reset failed, giving up
[   71.250059] Freeing unused kernel memory: 588k freed
[   71.251034] Write protecting the kernel text: 6180k
[   71.251083] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 2136k
[   71.311839] FAT-fs (sr0): utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
[   74.396993] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[   74.418426] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[   74.965095] cloop: losetup_file: 15549 blocks, 131072 bytes/block, largest block is 131098 bytes.
[   75.100133] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[   75.103398] aufs test_add:264:busybox[1618]: uid/gid/perm /KNOPPIX 0/0/0755, 0/0/01777
[   82.845901] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   82.846222] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[   82.846226] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[   82.846291] [drm] applying pipe a force quirk
[   82.846315] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[   82.889207] [drm] initialized overlay support
[   83.157963] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[   83.278843] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[   83.286571] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[   83.286573] drm: registered panic notifier
[   83.286593] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[   83.578951] intel_rng: FWH not detected
[   83.650731] ACPI Warning: 0x00000828-0x0000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \GLBC 1 (20120711/utaddress-251)
[   83.650745] ACPI Warning: 0x00000828-0x0000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \SACT 2 (20120711/utaddress-251)
[   83.650752] ACPI Warning: 0x00000828-0x0000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \SSTS 3 (20120711/utaddress-251)
[   83.650760] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[   83.650768] lpc_ich 0000:00:1f.0: I/O space for GPIO uninitialized
[   83.650771] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[   83.735728] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
[   83.735734] e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
[   83.812534] snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64
[   84.043307] e1000 0000:01:0c.0: eth0: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 00:08:74:cc:70:ed
[   84.043351] e1000 0000:01:0c.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[   84.230018] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50831 usecs (2450 samples)
[   84.230026] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[   93.061185] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[   93.075565] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[   93.277441] dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
[   93.614720] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[   93.638610] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[   94.392357] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[   94.395929] parport_pc 00:09: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[   94.395988] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, using FIFO [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP]
[   95.902217] Adding 771076k swap on /dev/zram0.  Priority:0 extents:1 across:771076k SS
[  106.190433] e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[  110.613386] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[  139.376899] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[  139.376906] lp0: console ready
[  139.383984] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[  146.783335] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[  146.783345] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state
[  149.783353] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[  149.783567] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged!
[  149.783570] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip.
[  903.836597] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[  904.010864] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52f
[  904.010871] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  904.010876] usb 3-1: Product: USB Receiver
[  904.010880] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
[  904.019479] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input3
[  904.019607] hid-generic 0003:046D:C52F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
[  904.025150] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.1/input/input4
[  904.025941] hid-generic 0003:046D:C52F.0002: input,hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$