Re: Hard disk trouble

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On 09/03/2010 09:42 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 09:24 -0700, JD wrote:
>> On 09/03/2010 07:57 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> I've plugged in my harddisk via a SATA/IDE to USB converter to my
>>> laptop. The device is created as /dev/sdb, but fdisk -l or parted,
>>> gparted do not show it as a drive.
>>>
>>> Here's the dmesg output:
>>>
>>>> scsi8 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
>>>> scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USB TO I DE/SATA Device   0041 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>>>> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
>>>> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
>>> How do I access my drive? I intend to format it etc. and then set up
>>> fedora 13 on it.
>> Very very funny. LOL!!!
>>
>> You say the device is created as /dev/sdb,
>> but you dmesg states clearly it is /dev/sdc
>>
>> Now all you do is
>>
>> sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc
>>
>> or
>>
>> sudo parted -l /dev/sdc
>>
> lol,
>
> That was a typo. I'm not entirely a linux noob :P
>
> Disconnected, reconnected. Fresh outputs:
>
> dmesg:
> [root@070905042 ~]# dmesg
> usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
> usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0718
> usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
> usb 1-2: Product: USB Storage
> usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 000000000033
> scsi8 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
> scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     USB TO I DE/SATA Device   0041 PQ: 0
> ANSI: 0
> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
>
> [root@070905042 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
> [root@070905042 ~]#
>
> (gave nothing)
>
> [root@070905042 ~]# parted -l /dev/sdb
> Model: ATA FUJITSU MHV2120B (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
>   1      1049kB  538MB   537MB   primary   ext4            boot
>   2      538MB   32.8GB  32.2GB  primary   ext4
>   3      32.8GB  34.9GB  2147MB  primary   linux-swap(v1)
>   4      34.9GB  120GB   85.1GB  extended
>   5      34.9GB  120GB   85.1GB  logical   ext4
>
>
> Model: Seagate FreeAgent Go (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdc: 320GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End    Size    Type     File system  Flags
>   1      32.3kB  107GB  107GB   primary  ext3
>   2      107GB   129GB  21.5GB  primary  ntfs
>   3      129GB   320GB  191GB   primary  ext3
>
>
> No mention of the sdb :(
Then your drive is dead!!
What does windoze say when you conect it to windoze?

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