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 :) :) -- 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
