Cause of disappearing mount points in FC5

[Deepak Shrestha]

On 9/8/06, Deepak Shrestha <d88pak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hmm. Could you do a
> > ls -lart /var/log
> > just after the mount has gone away. That will show you if there have
> > been any log files that have been modified recently. Then please do a
> > tail -20 /var/log/messages
> > (and similarly for any other files that have been modified recently).
>
> Since I posted this message its not happening. Its very random. I will
> try this when it happens.
>
> > At a guess, I'd say that there's either something wrong with the drive,
> > something wrong with the cable, or possibly with the motherboard.
>
> I am guessing that it has something to do with drive or cable. My vfat
> drive is and old 20GB seagate drive which I just used it as storage of
> all sort of temp things, while FC is installed in 7200rpm 40GB drive.
> I don't know if mixture of different speed could cause this. By the
> way this is dual boot system and widows xp show no such signs and
> symptoms which FC has been showing (this is where I got confused
> more).
>
> > Out of interest, what are /dev/hda and /dev/hdc? Is there anything else
> > on those two IDE channels?
>
> yes I have three drives (1st drive is WIN/FC5 dual boot. one is ntfs
> and other is vfat drive) and 1 DVD drive.

Hi all,

I tried chaning my IDE cable but problem persisted. Recently I updated
my BIOS and problem seems to go away. I don't have that behavior now
for few days. I hope this is it but don't know when it will strike
back again.

Thanks all for your valuable suggestions!