[NTLUG:Discuss] Discovering new device names

[Chris Cox]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Richard Witt wrote:
>> * Leroy Tennison <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> [2007-03-02 00:09]:
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>>> I have a machine (Compaq/HP DL380 G3 probably - forgot to check) with a 
>>> RAID controller (SmartArray 6400, six disks, RAID 5, no spare, one 
>>> logical drive) which contains two NTFS partitions.  Booting Knoppix from 
>>> CD, cciss module is loaded but no partitions are mounted.  From Googling 
>>> it appears that this is the driver for the controller.
>>>
>>> Question:
>>>
>>> How do I determine which device names might be assigned to these two 
>>> partitions (assuming the cciss module is correct and able to see the 
>>> partitions on the RAID controller) so that I can mount them?  Any other 
>>> troubleshooting steps would be appreciated.
>>>     
>> They should be /dev/cciss/c0d0pX where X is the partition number. Thats
>> what all our hp servers here at work show. 
>>
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> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, there's no /dev/cciss period.  
> Looks like I'm going to have to make nodes.  As I've done my research 
> this has become a "peel the onion" exercise.  I've got some other things 
> to try at this point.  If they work out I'll post my "findings" should 
> anyone else have a use for them.  Otherwise I may be back with "confused 
> at a higher level" questions.

Anything recent (and I mean ANYTHING) should create the devices
automatically if the module has been loaded.

A G3, is an old device that should have a SmartArray 5i controller,
so it should just work.  Try using a SUSE or openSUSE CD and go
into rescue mode and see if it finds the device (in case Knoppix
did mess up the cciss module or their hal implementation somehow).