On 12/10/2015 02:18 AM, Luís de Sousa wrote:
I am trying to encrypt an external hard drive on Ubuntu 14.04 ...
$ sudo cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/sdb1
Why "-y"? It seems to be the default when I do "cryptsetup luksFormat"
on Debian.
Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1.
Command failed with code 5: Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1.
...
[ 3208.140990] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=059f, idProduct=0651
[ 3208.141001] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=3
[ 3208.141024] usb 2-1.4: Product: LaCie Hard Drive USB
[ 3208.141031] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: LaCie
I prefer StarTech.
[ 3209.176917] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST3160812A
3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 3209.177561] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 3209.181342] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks:
(160 GB/149 GiB)
That's an older PATA drive:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/ata/100389997c.pdf
$ tail /var/log/syslog
Dec 8 09:18:20 MekanikDestruktiwKommandoh kernel: [ 3698.016311]
end_request: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
Dec 8 09:18:28 MekanikDestruktiwKommandoh wpa_supplicant[1188]:
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
Have you run the Seagate SeaTools Diagostics? I prefer the DOS version
-- it's a stand-alone bootable CD:
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
If SeaTools finds a problem:
1. Plug the drive into a different machine and try again.
2. If the problem persists, open up the USB case, pull the drive, put
it into a desktop/ server machine with a PATA interface, and run
SeaTools again.
Otherwise, it's something in Ubuntu. Try another Linux distribution.
David
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