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From: Ellwood Blues <elwood.blue@gmail.com>
Date: 2012/5/3
Subject: Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


2012/4/30 Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>:
> Am Montag, 30. April 2012 schrieb Ellwood Blues:
>> 2012/4/30 Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>:
>> > Am Montag, 30. April 2012 schrieb Chris Bannister:
>> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 08:27:03PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
>> >> > Hmmm, I´d avoid those with 4 KB hardware sectors that lie to the
>> >> > OS they have 512 byte sectors. Although I think even those should
>> >> > work. But with 512 byte sectors you have a 2 TB limit when you
>> >> > use MBR partitioning.
>> >> >
>> >> > 3 TB disks with 4 KB sectors both hardware (physical) and software
>> >> > (logical) should just work, provided the Linux is new enough.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Squeeze use -cu as additional options (see manpage).
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for jumping in here, but I can't figure out (from your post)
>> >> which command requires the additional options: -cu. Which manpage?
>> >
>> > fdisk. Sorry if I didn´t mention it anywhere in my post.
>>
>> Thanks, I've tried everything but not success. The problem is that the
>> disk is already half full and aligned with WD tools. I am just waiting
>> for linux to be able to read it and write it as efficiently as Windows
>> does it, at the moment I am not able to read it, which is very
>> frustrating.
>
> I would like to see some information from the disk, like
>
> - relevant stuff from hdparm -I /dev/yourdisk (feel free to skip serial
> number if you do not want to post it here)
> - fdisk -cul /dev/yourdisk
> - tail -fn0 /var/log/syslog / dmesg when the kernel detects the disk
>
> for starters.
>
> You need to use GPT if the disk reports 512 byte sectors to the OS. Thats
> no problem, when its just a data disk. Try gdisk on the disk.

Sorry for the delay. Her you have what you've asked attached as files
and as text on the message:


/dev/sdf:

ATA device, with non-removable media
* * * *Model Number: * * * WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0
* * * *Serial Number: * * *WD-WCAWZxxxxxxx
* * * *Firmware Revision: *80.00A80
* * * *Transport: * * * * *Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev
2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
* * * *Supported: 8 7 6 5
* * * *Likely used: 8
Configuration:
* * * *Logical * * * * max * * current
* * * *cylinders * * * 16383 * 16383
* * * *heads * * * * * 16 * * *16
* * * *sectors/track * 63 * * *63
* * * *--
* * * *CHS current addressable sectors: * 16514064
* * * *LBA * *user addressable sectors: *268435455
* * * *LBA48 *user addressable sectors: 5860533168
* * * *Logical *Sector size: * * * * * * * * * 512 bytes
* * * *Physical Sector size: * * * * * * * * *4096 bytes
* * * *Logical Sector-0 offset: * * * * * * * * *0 bytes
* * * *device size with M = 1024*1024: * * 2861588 MBytes
* * * *device size with M = 1000*1000: * * 3000592 MBytes (3000 GB)
* * * *cache/buffer size *= unknown
Capabilities:
* * * *LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
* * * *Queue depth: 32
* * * *Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
* * * *R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 *Current = 0
* * * *DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
* * * * * * Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
* * * *PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
* * * * * * Cycle time: no flow control=120ns *IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
* * * *Enabled Supported:
* * * * * * * *SMART feature set
* * * * * * * *Security Mode feature set
* * * * * * * *Power Management feature set
* * * * * * * *Write cache
* * * * * * * *Look-ahead
* * * * * * * *Host Protected Area feature set
* * * * * * * *WRITE_BUFFER command
* * * * * * * *READ_BUFFER command
* * * * * * * *NOP cmd
* * * * * * * *DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* * * * * * * *Power-Up In Standby feature set
* * * * * * * *SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
* * * * * * * *SET_MAX security extension
* * * * * * * *48-bit Address feature set
* * * * * * * *Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* * * * * * * *Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* * * * * * * *FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* * * * * * * *SMART error logging
* * * * * * * *SMART self-test
* * * * * * * *General Purpose Logging feature set
* * * * * * * *64-bit World wide name
* * * * * * * *{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* * * * * * * *Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* * * * * * * *Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* * * * * * * *Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* * * * * * * *Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* * * * * * * *Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* * * * * * * *Host-initiated interface power management
* * * * * * * *Phy event counters
* * * * * * * *NCQ priority information
* * * * * * * *DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
* * * * * * * *Software settings preservation
* * * * * * * *SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* * * * * * * *SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* * * * * * * *SCT Features Control (AC4)
* * * * * * * *SCT Data Tables (AC5)
* * * * * * * *unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
* * * * * * * *unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
Security:
* * * *Master password revision code = 65534
* * * * * * * *supported
* * * *not * * enabled
* * * *not * * locked
* * * *not * * frozen
* * * *not * * expired: security count
* * * * * * * *supported: enhanced erase
* * * *more than 508min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. more than 508min for
ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee25b5ed142
* * * *NAA * * * * * * : 5
* * * *IEEE OUI * * * *: 0014ee
* * * *Unique ID * * * : 25b5ed142
Checksum: correct






May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3931.976021] usb 1-4: new
high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.108900] usb 1-4: New USB
device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.108907] usb 1-4: New USB
device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.108911] usb 1-4: Product:
USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.108914] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: JMicron
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.108917] usb 1-4:
SerialNumber: 152D20329000
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.110324] usb-storage 1-4:1.0:
Quirks match for vid 152d pid 2329: 8020
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 kernel: [ 3932.110360] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-4:1.0
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 4:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-4"
May *3 18:18:50 relampago3 mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 4 was not an MTP device
May *3 18:18:57 relampago3 hddtemp[1872]: /dev/sda: WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3: 34 C
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.470324] scsi 7:0:0:0:
Direct-Access * * WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 * * * * *PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.472796] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf]
1565565872 512-byte logical blocks: (801 GB/746 GiB)
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.473541] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf]
Write Protect is off
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.473547] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf]
Mode Sense: 34 00 00 00
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.474287] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf]
Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.504915] Alternate GPT is
invalid, using primary GPT.
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.504944] *sdf:
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.507541] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf]
Attached SCSI disk
May *3 18:19:06 relampago3 ata_id[3163]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for
'/dev/sdf': Invalid argument




fdisk: opción inválida -- c
GNU Fdisk 1.2.4
Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. *See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so
that will be used.
* o * OK
* c * Cancel
o
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!