Quote Originally Posted by OErjan
why not check? do dmesg |grep hd that should give some info. and if you then do a check to see which disk has which files...
Thank you, when i do dmesg |grep hd i get this (trimmed the report a bit for readability):
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ide_setup: hda=scsi
ide_setup: hdb=scsi
ide_setup: hdc=scsi
ide_setup: hdd=scsi
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hdb: WDC WD1600JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive
hdc: WDC WD1600JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: 312581808 sectors (160042 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
hdc: 312581808 sectors (160042 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63
So, if i understand correctly, the system sees both harddisks. What i don't understand is why the report says "hdX=scsi", is that standard? (i hope it is)

fdisk -l might help some aswell,
It tells me the following:
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Can't open /dev/hdc
Can't open /dev/hdb
I'm not sure what that means, does it mean that those disks are present but not mounted?

perhaps mount can give some further info. if you do these it should become clear which disk is which. if not. ask and i will try to answer.
Mount seems to show the mounted disks only and i haven't mounted the harddisks (yet) because i am just too afraid to damage anything, even though i do know that mounting them from KDE only mounts them in read-only mode.

btw, as long as dd gets input it SHOULD not crash, if the disk otoh has i/o issues... it might.
Well, thank you for making me even more nervous!