Re: SATA HDD in an external case over USB - 2 partitions

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On 06/24/2010 08:11 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Also found in dmesg: (full file available at 
> http://www.stainburn.com/dmesg.txt )
> 
> scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access                                    PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 
> CCS
> sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 4294967296 512-byte logical blocks: (2.19 TB/2.00 TiB)
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
>  sdb: unknown partition table
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> 
Dumb question - is your external case rated for a drive that large?
From the messages, it sounds like the drive is too big. Depending on
the electronics, there is a drive size limit to external cases.

Mikkel
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