How to detect a SATA drive from Knoppix 5?

**ken39** · 08-07-2007

Hello everyone,
I am very new and keen in trying out to Linux/Knoppix but got stuck when knoppix wasnt able to detect my SATA drive.
When I boot from a Knoppix 5 live DVD, Knoppix was not able to detect my SATA HDD. My SATA HDD can be detected in the BIOS and there are 3 partition:

Partition1 holds XP Pro
Partition2 prepared to install Knoppix on it.
Partition3 holds Vista.

I am able to boot XP and Vista with no problems. So, my question is if I am not able to detect my SATA drive during Knoppix live DVD bootup, how do I tell Knoppix that I have a SATA drive with partition2 ready for its hard disk installation?

Thank you for your help!

**bigtomrodney** · 08-07-2007

How did you determine that it did not detect it? What is the output from

Code:

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

(That's a lowercase L)

**ken39** · 08-08-2007

Hi bigtomrodney,

Originally Posted by bigtomrodney

How did you determine that it did not detect it? What is the output from

Code:

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

(That's a lowercase L)

I dont see any Hard disk icon on my desktop only a floppy drive icon plus a knoppix icon, when I use conqueror to look around, I dont see any hard disk icon as well.

When I use your code in the terminal screen, it returns nothing(no error, no msg).

^^"

**devils casper** · 08-08-2007

Execute this

Code:

su
fdisk -l

Post output here.

**ken39** · 08-12-2007

Originally Posted by devils_casper

Execute this

Code:

su
fdisk -l

Post output here.

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply, have been playing with knoppix installed on another ide hard disk...cant get the internet connection to work(i am behind a wireless router for my cable modem)..been scratching my head for the last few days.... any guidance anyone? ^^=

anyway, I have just tried your command fdisk -l in the terminal screen, it still return nothing...no output, no error, no messages
^^"

**devils casper** · 08-12-2007

Originally Posted by ken39

Sorry for the late reply, have been playing with knoppix installed on another ide hard disk...cant get the internet connection to work(i am behind a wireless router for my cable modem)..been scratching my head for the last few days.... any guidance anyone? ^^=

I would suggest you to start a new thread for this problem. Execute this

Code:

su 
lspci

Post output in New Thread.

Originally Posted by ken39

anyway, I have just tried your command fdisk -l in the terminal screen, it still return nothing...no output, no error, no messages
^^"

Did you execute 'su' command before executing fdisk -l?

***MikeTbob*** · 08-12-2007

Knoppix uses sudo, so your command would be:
sudo fdisk -l

**devils casper** · 08-12-2007

Originally Posted by MikeTbob

Knoppix uses sudo, so your command would be:
sudo fdisk -l

I just checked it. su and sudo, both work fine in Knoppix.

***MikeTbob*** · 08-12-2007

Originally Posted by devils_casper

I just checked it. su and sudo, both work fine in Knoppix.

Cool, I did not know that. Is there a particular password to use with Knoppix su?

I know Sabayon uses sabayonuser as password.

**devils casper** · 08-12-2007

Cool, I did not know that. Is there a particular password to use with Knoppix su?

No password. its Enter key as in Ubuntu.

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