Hi, I'd like to use my 1TB Seagate hard disk on my linux box, and I've tested it using 3 different usb-sata enclosures. Here are the syslog entries when I plug it in:
kernel: [10611.884111] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 23 using ehci_hcd kernel: [10612.017588] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=6116 kernel: [10612.017596] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2 kernel: [10612.017602] usb 1-1: Product: USB Mass Storage Device kernel: [10612.017607] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Generic kernel: [10612.017612] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 116AC2101219 kernel: [10612.018116] scsi25 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0 kernel: [10613.017043] scsi 25:0:0:0: Direct-Access Mass Storage Device PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 kernel: [10613.019553] sd 25:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 kernel: [10613.019646] sd 25:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525166 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) kernel: [10730.084090] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci_hcd kernel: [10730.225053] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2509 kernel: [10730.225061] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=11, SerialNumber=3 kernel: [10730.225067] usb 1-1: Product: Usb production kernel: [10730.225072] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: JMicron kernel: [10730.225077] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 20120912000A kernel: [10730.225912] scsi26 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0 kernel: [10731.224882] scsi 26:0:0:0: Direct-Access Jmicron Corp. PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS kernel: [10731.226702] sd 26:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 kernel: [10731.227818] sd 26:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953524995 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) kernel: [10837.176146] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 25 using ehci_hcd kernel: [10837.309203] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2339 kernel: [10837.309212] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 kernel: [10837.309218] usb 1-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge kernel: [10837.309223] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: JMicron kernel: [10837.309228] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 29FCA11600FF kernel: [10837.310184] scsi27 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0 kernel: [10838.308908] scsi 27:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS kernel: [10838.310727] sd 27:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 kernel: [10838.311867] sd 27:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) So Linux (v3.10.25) is reporting 3 different sizes/numbers of sectors for the same single hard disk. Could this be a problem with regards to possible future data corruption, or is it something that I can safely ignore? Many thanks, Jaime -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/