[mdlug] knoppix does not see the hard disk on a laptop

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM, R. Kannan <rkannan at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to retrieve some files from a windows Lenovo laptop which could not be logged into. After booting into knoppix I see that the NTFS file systems are not mounted. I cannot see any devices named /dev/sda* or /dev/hda*.  I now the partitions exists as windows boot from C: drive.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> 
> In a terminal:  dmesg | less
> and look for any messages relating to hard drive interfaces, etc.

Also, as root:
    # fdisk -l
should show you all the hard drives that the system can see.