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@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@070905042 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[root@070905042 ~]#
(gave nothing)
[root@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 :(
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Thanks!
Regards,
Ankur
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
"FranciscoD"