VBox fdisk does not display the added hard disk solution. You cannot use the fdisk command to view the disk we added: [root @ rac1 ~] # Fdisk-l Disk/dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3916 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065*512 = 8225280 bytesSector size (logical/physical ): 512 bytes/512 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes/512 bytesDisk identifier: 0x00085ca1 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 26 204800 83 LinuxPartition 1 does not end on cylinderboundary. /dev/sda2 26 281 2048000 82 Linux swap/SolarisPartition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary./dev/sda3 281 3917 29203456 83 Linux [root @ rac1 ~] # -- But view/proc/partitions, which can be displayed as: [root @ rac1 ~] # Cat/proc/partitionsmajor minor # blocks name 8 0 31457280 sda 8 1 204800 sda1 8 2 2048000 sda2 8 3 29203456 sda3 8 16 8388608 sdb 8 32 8388608 sdc 8 48 8388608 sdd 8 64 8388608 sde 8 80 1048576 sdf 8 96 1048576 sdg 8 112 1048576 sdh [root @ rac1 ~] # Run start_udev manually and run the fdisk command to view the disk. It is estimated that there is a problem during udev startup. View the udev service status: [root @ rac1 ~] # Service udev-post status [root @ rac1 ~] # Chkconfig udev-post -- listudev-post 0: off 1: on 2: on 3: on 4: on 5: on 6: off [root @ rac1 ~] # Service udev-post startRetrigger failed udev events [OK] Note: I am from Oracle linux, so the udev service is udev-post. If it is redhat, the corresponding service is: udev does not study this issue in depth. Add start_udev to the startup Item to ensure normal use. [Root @ rac2 ~] # Vim/etc/rc. d/rc. local #! /Bin/sh # This script will be executed * after * allthe other init scripts. # You can put your own initialization stuffin here if you don't # want to do the full Sys V style initstuff. touch/var/lock/subsys/local/sbin/start_udev.