Douglas Gilbert said the following on 21/10/2005 02:11:
Robin, You may like to fetch sg3_utils and try sg_format thus: sg_format /dev/sda assuming a disk you have fetched from the array is placed at /dev/sda .
Douglas, THanks for the tip, I'll give it a go.
If that fails, the disk is probably dead. Otherwise it should tell you several things (and doesn't change anything). Often drives in RAIDs are formatted to a sector size slightly greater than 512 bytes. To re-use the disk (freestanding) in linux you will need to format it back 512 bytes thus: sg_format --format --size=512 /dev/sda A format may not be needed. In any case, the next step would usually be to partition the disk (e.g. with fdisk) then make a file system on one or more of its partitions (e.g. with mkfs.ext3 ). The disk (or at least its partition) should then be ready to mount and use.
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