[ale] IDE_SCSI error

[Paul Cartwright]

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Jeff Lightner wrote:
> With 2.6 kernels all the drives show up as sdX whereas in 2.4 kernels
> the IDE would show up as hdX and the SCSI would show up as sdX.
> 
> Maybe IDE_SCSI is telling you it is IDE drives showing up as sdX?
> 
> RHEL through RHEL3 was 2.4.x kernel.   

my guess is RHEL 3.4/3.6

> 
> Run "kudzu -p" to see what it has to say about hardware.   Doesn't give
> exact details but may provide some clues on the disks as well as hard
> drive controller.
> 
> Run "lspci" to see if it gives any more information on the controllers
> as well.
> 
> Have a look at /var/log/messages.  
> 
> Also run dmesg to see what kind of messages it has.  (Just remember
> these may not be recent - could be as old as last boot.)
> 
> The expected but got message makes it sound like you're having either a
> disk issue or a controller issue.
> 
>  
thanks for the tips/tricks!


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