Re: Hard disk trouble

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On 09/03/2010 12:40 PM, James Mckenzie wrote:
> 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
>

Hi James
All I can say is that perhaps the OP committed a copy and paste error :) :)

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