> I was using FC3 with 2 harddrives until one day it crashed and I
> couldn't do anything else then switching it off. I remember the
> harddrive led was blinking like crazy when this happened. After turning
> it on the BIOS couldn't detect the harddrives:
>
> Auto-detecting Pri Master...Not detected
> Auto-detecting Sec Master...Not detected
>
> but detected both the dvd drive and the cd burner. Booting from the FC3
> rescue cd didn't help either, it didn't see the harddrives (probably not
> a big surprise, if the BIOS said "not detected"). Is there any way to
> get the drives back online?
If one drive has crashed, or is failing in some other way, then that may
influence the working drive causing both drives to go undetected.
I'd try disconnecting the faulty drive (while re-jumpering the working
drive as single) and then try to boot.
David
Thanks David, it turns out that neither drives are broken, I unplugged both, plugged them back in and everything seems to be working. An fsck was useful though, it fixed a couple errors. (Not that I understand why a sudden switching off can cause the drives to go undetected by the BIOS, but anyway, things work.)
