[SOLVED] usb install of arch can't find internal hard disks

I installed arch to a 4gb usb flash drive and it works great.  Keeping it bare bones for now without a GUI to force myself to learn more about linux and how it works.  However, I would like to mount and access the internal hard drives of the "host" computer that i'm booting the usb on, and I can't seem to find them.
ls /dev/disk/by-anything only shows the usb device that arch is installed to and udev and something else I can't remember right now.  Same results when I enter df -h.
I know that this is possible somehow, because I also have a live usb of Ubuntu 10.10 on another usb stick that can access the internal disks.  However, my ubuntu stick also has a gui, Hal, etc and is a persistent live-disk-to-usb rather than an actual usb stick installation.  Does that affect things?
I apologize if this is already covered somewhere.  I am a super n00b with arch and I did my best to search both google and the forums.
Thank you in advance, and I look forward to being a part of the arch community!
Last edited by williamkray (2010-11-07 22:53:18)

skunktrader wrote:Perhaps the bios disables the internal disk drive when you boot from USB.  Look through the kernel log to see whether the drives are detected during boot.
i've looked through the kernel log, and realize that i've never looked at one before and don't really know what i'm looking for.  if i haven't lost your interest yet, here's a pastebin of a recent boot... the PNY is the usb stick that arch is installed to.  http://pastebin.com/D7nzkaaq
phaedrus wrote:If you do a "cat /proc/partitions" you can see what partitions the kernel is aware of at any time... if your drive is connected and not throwing a tantrum, it should appear in that list. If it's not showing up in the list, check the cables/connections, if it still doesn't show up... panic
i will do this next.  i'm pretty sure that the cables are connected properly, seeing that i can boot the computers in question without the usb stick and have full access to available drives.
thank you everyone for all your responses so far!
EDIT:  alright, i looked at /proc/partitions and this is what it says:
major minor  #blocks  name
   8        0    3915776 sda
   8        1    3915744 sda1
   3        0   39070080 hda
   3        1    4883728 hda1
   3        2          1 hda2
   3        5     473886 hda5
   3        6   33350877 hda6
so it looks like my internal drive is recognized somehow.  my new question would be, what exactly is the difference between /proc/partitions and /dev/disk/ ??  and how do i find out more identifying/location information about hda to mount it into an accessible location in my file system?
Last edited by williamkray (2010-11-07 22:13:29)

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