Re: [LUG] problems with 1.5TB drive

["Michael Mortimore" <nospamformike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:27:56 +0100, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If the drive detected in the BIOS?
the controller card's bios detects it. the mobo's bios doesn't say  
anything about the controller card.

> Do you have another SATA drive installed which is working?
yes a 1TB on the same controller card.

> Is the drive detected in dmesg?

yatt@yerserver:~$ dmesg | grep sdb
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ  
CAPACITY(16).
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 18446744072344861488 512-byte hardware  
sectors (9444732965040569 MB)
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache:  
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ  
CAPACITY(16).
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 18446744072344861488 512-byte hardware  
sectors (9444732965040569 MB)
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    5.072000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache:  
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    5.072000]  sdb: unknown partition table
[    5.084000] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk


> You could also be worth downloading the Samsung drive diagnostics (I  
> believe they generally have an ISO available) and test the drive to  
> confirm it isn't faulty.
seems i need the model number so i'll try that when i can be bothered to  
pull the drive out. It's a bit spagetti in there.

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