Hard disk trouble
JD
jd1008 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 3 17:03:34 UTC 2010
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 at 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 at 070905042 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
> [root at 070905042 ~]#
>
> (gave nothing)
>
> [root at 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!!
What does windoze say when you conect it to windoze?
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