On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:05 AM, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eddie O'Connor <eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Ok....so after installing "smartmontools" on my CentOS machine...and
> > connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the
> > short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be "seen"....but
> > when I
> > look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.....I'm about to
>
Take a look at the kernel ring buffer using dmesg when attaching the drive.
dmesg | tail
As you've noted, connecting the drive to an internal SATA port makes the
drive be detected (you can run the smartmontools against it).
> > give the fdisk command line tools anonther shot....it allows me to format
> > the drive...and to give it a file system...(ext4)....but it doesn't
> > automaticcaly mount, nor can I format the drive using the Disk Utility in
>
This is a disk added post-install, so you'll need to manually add the
device to /etc/fstab. There might be a gui for modifying fstab, but I
don't use one.
> > CEntOS.....I'm going to give D.B.A.N one more try since I was able to
> > format it from the smartctl command line....hopefully it will "clear"
> > whaever is locked up.
>
Maybe some partition on that is auto-mounted?
( Or _unlikely_ software raid metadata? )
Check using the 'mount' command.
>
> Is it USB powered? If so, maybe try another USB port...
> Did you check /var/log/messages for detection messages?
Unless the syslog daemon is set to log the kernel ring buffer to
/var/log/messages, it won't make its way to the messages file.
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Mike
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