[CentOS] {CentOS} HDD Problem....

[John Doe]

From: Eddie O'Connor <eoconnor25 at gmail.com>

> Ok....so after installing "smartmontools" on my CentOS machine...and
> connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the
> short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be "seen"....but 
> when I
> look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.....I'm about to
> give the fdisk command line tools anonther shot....it allows me to format
> the drive...and to give it a file system...(ext4)....but it doesn't
> automaticcaly mount, nor can I format the drive using the Disk Utility in
> CEntOS.....I'm going to give D.B.A.N one more try since I was able to
> format it from the smartctl command line....hopefully it will "clear"
> whaever is locked up.

Is it USB powered?  If so, maybe try another USB port...
Did you check /var/log/messages for detection messages?

JD