JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Sent: Sep 3, 2010 10:03 AM >To: ankursinha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Hard disk trouble > > > >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!! Interesting results here. What is the size of the supposedly dead drive and where is it connect to? Information here is conflicting and I don't have access to the complete thread on the subject. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
