3rd BIG IDE drive in LINUX 1.2.11

[albert at ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan)]

> I have just added a third IDE drive to my system.  OS/2 Warp Connect
> sees and uses it just fine.  LINUX recognizes the drive hdc upon
> bootup (the third drive is a 1.6GB Western Digital).  However,
> LINUX "fdisk /dev/hdc" does not see it.  I have placed a fat
> partition on the drive, but LINUX complains that the kernel does
> not support it.  The first drive on the system is a Micropolis 1GB and the
> second drive is a WD 1.2 GB.  So I am not new to using BIG drives with
> LINUX.  So what's the trouble?  Do I need to build a new kernel with
> this drive active?  I am using a DTC 2278 VLB EIDE card.  I am
> running LINUX 1.2.11 with IP_masq patch.

Someone (here?) had trouble with incorrect /dev entries.
Check it against the list included with the kernel, or
get a new MAKEDEV and use it.