SATA HD's not accessable - unrecognized

[Scorpius Maximus]

I have two WD 750 GB SATA2 HD's NTFS (no raid) that I can not access with Knoppix or Kubuntu Live DVDs. The first HD has two Windows XP boot partitions. I boot to one partition for work and I boot to the other to play games. The Second hard drive is file storage.
I recently added two "older" IDE drives, WD 250 GB & 350 GB. My intention was to install Kubuntu on the first IDE HD for a dual-boot system.
When I installed Kubuntu, GRUB was by-passed and startup went straight to my Windows Boot loader as if I had not installed Kubuntu. I put in my Knoppix DVD to try and fix the boot problem when I realized that I can not see my SATA Hard Drives. Both IDE HD's show on my Desktop (HDA2, EXT3 Kubuntu Partition & HDB1, additional storage partition) and then I have a Hard Disk called "Hard Disk [nvidia_fafeibcd]. It appears this is found at /dev/mapper/nvidia_fafeibcd. I can not mount this or access it in any way. Obviously, can not set up emergency file server for these drives either. I can open QTParted and QTParted lists my SATA HD's as /dev/sda & sdb so I know they are there. Please, see lspci & demesg output below. I can boot into Windows XP on both Windows partitions just fine and access all of my drives from Windows.
Any idea how to mount and access my NTFS SATA hard drives with Knoppix? Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm baffled.
Currently using Knoppix DVD ver. 5.3.1.

Computer: EVGA 680i SLI mobo, Intel Q6600 proc, 4GB 1000Mhz DDR2 SLI-ready RAM, Dual nVidia 8800 GTs, two IDE WD HDs (250 & 350 GB) & two WD SATA 2 750 GB HDs (no raid setup), Windows XP installed on first and second partition on first WD SATA2 Hard Disk.

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0e.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:11.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:12.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a3)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)
03:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Unknown device 8880 (rev 0f)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)

dmesg (PCI section)
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hdb: WDC WD3200JB-00KFA0, ATA DISK drive
hda: WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0, ATA DISK drive
hda: host max PIO5 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hda: UDMA/100 mode selected
hdb: host max PIO5 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
hdb: UDMA/100 mode selected
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hda: max request size: 512KiB
hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63
hda: cache flushes supported
hda: hda1 hda2
hdb: max request size: 512KiB
hdb: 625142448 sectors (320072 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=38913/255/63
hdb: cache flushes supported
hdb: hdb1
Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-724.
3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.26.02.002.
3ware 9000 Storage Controller device driver for Linux v2.26.02.010.
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: version 3.5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ASA0] enabled at IRQ 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> Link [ASA0] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ
16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0e.0 to 64
scsi0 : sata_nv
scsi1 : sata_nv
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xd800 irq 16
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xd808 irq 16
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ASA1] enabled at IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.1[B] -> Link [ASA1] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ
17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0e.1 to 64
scsi2 : sata_nv
scsi3 : sata_nv
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xc400 irq 17
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma 0xc408 irq 17
ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-7: WDC WD7500AAKS-00RBA0, 30.04G30, max UDMA/133
ata3.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata4.00: ATA-7: WDC WD7500AAKS-00RBA0, 30.04G30, max UDMA/133
ata4.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD7500AAKS-0 30.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO
or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO
or FUA
sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD7500AAKS-0 30.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO
or FUA
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB)
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO
or FUA
sdb: sdb1
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ASA2] enabled at IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.2[C] -> Link [ASA2] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ
18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0e.2 to 64
scsi4 : sata_nv
scsi5 : sata_nv
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xc000 ctl 0xbc00 bmdma 0xb000 irq 18
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xb800 ctl 0xb400 bmdma 0xb008 irq 18
ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata5.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B, SB04, max UDMA/100
ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata6.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B, SB04, max UDMA/100
ata6.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AUS2] enabled at IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.1[B] -> Link [AUS2] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ
19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.1 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:0b.1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: irq 19, io mem 0xcfffe000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
116x: driver isp116x-hcd, 03 Nov 2005
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AUBA] enabled at IRQ 23
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [AUBA] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ
16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: irq 16, io mem 0xcffff000
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
sl811: driver sl811-hcd, 19 May 2005
drivers/usb/host/r8a66597-hcd.c: driver r8a66597_hcd, 29 May 2007
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-4: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-6: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 6
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot wi
th i8042.nopnp
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input1
EDAC MC: Ver: 2.1.0 Mar 25 2008
EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
EISA: Detected 0 cards.
cpuidle: using governor ladder
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
hiddev96hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2
] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-4
input: Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse&#174; 1.00 as /class/input/input2
input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse&#174;
1.00] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-6
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.15 (Tue Nov 20 19:16:42 200
7 UTC).
ALSA device list:
No soundcards found.
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
NET: Registered protocol family 15
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Freeing unused kernel memory: 420k freed
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access SMI USB DISK 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 3932160 512-byte hardware sectors (2013 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 3932160 512-byte hardware sectors (2013 MB)
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
usb-storage: device scan complete
hda: UDMA/100 mode selected
hdb: UDMA/100 mode selected
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
cloop: Initializing cloop v2.624
cloop: loaded (max 8 devices)
cloop: /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX: 60323 blocks, 131072 bytes/block, largest block i
s 131118 bytes.
cloop: loaded 128 blocks into cache.
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
cloop: losetup_file: 27172 blocks, 131072 bytes/block, largest block is 131118 b
ytes.
cloop: loaded 128 blocks into cache.
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
aufs 20080324
Warning: /proc/ide/hd?/settings interface is obsolete, and will be removed soon!
No dock devices found.
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input4
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: SSDT 9FEF8740, 022A (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20040311)
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
ACPI: SSDT 9FEF8C00, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20040311)
ACPI: SSDT 9FEF8D60, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu2Ist 3000 INTL 20040311)
ACPI: SSDT 9FEF8EC0, 0152 (r1 PmRef Cpu3Ist 3000 INTL 20040311)
cpufreq: No nForce2 chipset.
powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
i2c-adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0xf400
i2c-adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0xf000
forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.61.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AMAC] enabled at IRQ 22
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.0[A] -> Link [AMAC] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ
17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.0 to 64
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x0113
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
forcedeth 0000:00:11.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:04:4b:0a:28:55
forcedeth 0000:00:11.0: highdma csum vlan pwrctl mgmt timirq gbit lnktim msi des
c-v3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AMA1] enabled at IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> Link [AMA1] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ
18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:12.0 to 64
drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c: Logitech Quickcam Messenger U
SB v0.01
cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded
videodev: "QCM USB Camera" has no release callback. Please fix your driver for p
roper sysfs support, see http://lwn.net/Articles/36850/
drivers/media/video/usbvideo/usbvideo.c: QCM on /dev/video0: canvas=320x240 vide
osize=320x240
input: QCM button as /class/input/input5
usbcore: registered new interface driver QCM
forcedeth 0000:00:12.0: ifname eth1, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 2, addr 00:04:4b:0a:28:54
forcedeth 0000:00:12.0: highdma csum vlan pwrctl mgmt timirq gbit lnktim msi des
c-v3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AAZA] enabled at IRQ 20
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[B] -> Link [AAZA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ
19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0f.1 to 64
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
eth1: no link during initialization.
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AXV6] enabled at IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [AXV6] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ
20
CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7801, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800 [card=2,au
todetected]
cx23885[0]: i2c bus 0 registered
cx23885[0]: i2c bus 1 registered
cx23885[0]: i2c bus 2 registered
tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 78521, rev C1E9, serial# 4852924
tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-4A-0C-BC
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Philips 18271_8295 (idx 149, type 4)
tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x8
tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX23887 (idx 42)
tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX23887 (idx 37)
tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=78521
cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
MT2131: successfully identified at address 0x61
DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
DVB: registering frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 15, irq: 20, latency: 0, mmio: 0xcfc00 000
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
eth0: no link during initialization.
eth0: link up.
eth1: link up.
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
warning: process `hwsetup' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.23.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
warning: process `hwsetup' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.49.
warning: process `hwsetup' used the deprecated sysctl system call with 1.49.
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.12.0-ioctl (2007-10-02) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Adding 5245180k swap on /dev/hda1. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:5245180k
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth1: no IPv6 routers present

[Scorpius Maximus]

Used the cheat code "knoppix noideraid." I now have all of my hard drives and partitions readable on the desktop.
Apparently, sata/raid controllers are causing the misconfiguration or mis-recognition even though I am not using a raid configuration!? Would love some input on this if anyone can elaborate.
I still have the problem with boot bypassing GRUB with my Kubuntu partition, which I am working on.

[ercolano]

It may be that you are booting from the wrong disk. Check out your BIOS, there may be options for determining which drive it tries to boot first.

[Scorpius Maximus]

It may be that you are booting from the wrong disk. Check out your BIOS, there may be options for determining which drive it tries to boot first.

Thanks!!
Yes, part of the problem was that Boot was not set to the correct hard disk, which I corrected. I ran grub-update. I had to edit a few lines in the GRUB config file and then it booted correctly.
As for the recognition of my hard drives, in Knoppix, I still have to boot using the cheat code "knoppix noideraid" to have all of my hard drives recognized correctly. In any event, after being able to boot into my Linux partition, Kubuntu DOES recognize my partitions correctly so I really don't have a system issue now but I would like to know why knoppix handles this differently on this machine. It is supposed to be the hardware recognition master and the penicillin of Linux distros. (Need to satisfy my "need to know.") The parts on this PC are very poular and around 1 & 1/2 years old so so It shouldn't be a hardware recognition issue.