proc filesystem [was RE: hard drive problem]

[Marvin Bellamy]

I'm a relative newbie, but I had a similar problem a while back with a 
Win98/Slackware installation.  I never found the true source of the 
problem, but someone provided a workaround.  I had to do a full 
powerdown to get the NIC to be loaded.  Simply rebooting wouldn't work!

Brian Densmore wrote:

>While on the subject of /proc, I got a really strange event last night.
>I was downloading the files needed to upgrade rpm and my connection went
>away. My Ethernet card is no longer listed in the /proc filesystem. The
>card is there and creates a good link with the gateway device. The OS
>sees the card, the module is loaded, I can test and scan the card with
>mii-diag and vortex-diag (3com 3c905b vortex NIC), but I can't load the
>device!? Any clues? I was just going to re-install, but that is a bit of
>work. I even tried to MAKEDEV but it told me it didn't know how to make
>the device.
>I'm running mandrake 8.0 with a 2.4.8 and also 2.4.16 kernels,
>I was upgrading KDE to 2.2.1 last night, it may have something to do
>with it. I may have used a big hammer on some of the RPMs (i.e. -force).
>:'0
>
>TIA,
>Brian
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mike Distefano [mailto:mdistefano at mjtek.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:01 AM
>>To: kclug at kclug.org
>>Subject: RE: Hard drive question
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>>Another way: cat /proc/devices
>>or to look futher: cat /proc/ide/hda/capacity (also look at 
>>geometry, media,
>>model . . .)
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
>>>[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Brian Densmore
>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:37 AM
>>>To: kclug at kclug.org
>>>Subject: RE: Hard drive question
>>>
>>>
>>>one way:
>>> fdisk /dev/hd?
>>> ?=which drive, usually starting at "a"
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Rusty [mailto:kujayhawkbb at yahoo.com]
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:28 AM
>>>>To: kclug at kclug.org
>>>>Subject: Hard drive question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a friend working with a Linux system that keeps having
>>>>hard drive crashes. (bad batch of drives?) Anyway, is there a
>>>>quick command to check and see if the system is recognizing the
>>>>new drive? I know there is, but can't pull it out of my feeble
>>>>brain...
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
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