Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-10 Thread Warren Young
On 2/7/2014 16:40, Timothy Murphy wrote: > my HP SuperMicro drive-bay. SuperMicro is OEMing for HP now? > In this the power connector(s) are in the same position > as the empty slot above, The 4 pins next to the SATA data connector on the Seagate drive are nonstandard. Their purpose is not doc

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/8/2014 6:13 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote on Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:28:18 +: > >> >I had better check if these do support SATA3 drives. > That jumper bay usually allows for setting to slower speeds. There should > have been a small leaflet with the drive explaining it. Seaga

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Timothy Murphy
Miguel Medalha wrote: > Also, the drive itself can be defective. I once received two new WD high > end drives that couldn't be detected by any controller and I had to return > them. The new ones worked fine. Thanks for all your help, and to the others who advised me. I found that the drive work

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Miguel Medalha
The server's manual recommends filling the drive bays in the 1,2,3,4 order. At this point, you should check the HP support page for the server, Look for controller firmware updates, BIOS updates, troubleshooting advice and so on. Did you try to connect the drive alone? If it is detected alone, yo

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Miguel Medalha
With some SATA drives the mode change can only be done by a software utility. Some of them don't have jumpers at all. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Timothy Murphy wrote on Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:28:18 +: > I had better check if these do support SATA3 drives. That jumper bay usually allows for setting to slower speeds. There should have been a small leaflet with the drive explaining it. Kai ___

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Darr247
On 08 February 2014 @13:28 zulu, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Miguel Medalha wrote: > >> The WD is a SATA3 drive (6gb/s). Are you sure that your motherboard >> supports SATA3 drives? Maybe SOME ports support them while others do >> not? If not, can you force the WD to operate in a lower mode? Some >> dr

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Timothy Murphy
Miguel Medalha wrote: > The WD is a SATA3 drive (6gb/s). Are you sure that your motherboard > supports SATA3 drives? Maybe SOME ports support them while others do > not? If not, can you force the WD to operate in a lower mode? Some > drives can, either by hardware or software. Thank you very much

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Timothy Murphy wrote on Fri, 07 Feb 2014 23:40:24 +: > As you see, there is an empty (and slightly smaller) "slot" > between the SATA connectors and the power connector. That "power connector" is a jumper bay. As Miguel explains the two "L- shaped" things are what gets used for SATA (the shor

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-08 Thread Timothy Murphy
Timothy Murphy wrote: >> here's a WD20EZRX, >> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71hgUgJ0CQL._SL1500_.jpg >> >> looks pretty normal to me. > > That picture shows the WD drive above that I have. > As you see, there is an empty (and slightly smaller) "slot" > between the SATA connectors and th

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-07 Thread Miguel Medalha
>> that I am running CentOS-6.5 on my HP MicroServer. Can you please tell us which exact model of MicroServer do you have? That way, it will be easier to help you. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-07 Thread Miguel Medalha
It seems to me that there's some confusion on your part about what a SATA power connector is... The SATA edge connector is divided in two parts, a larger one and a narrower one. The narrower one is the signal, or data, connector. The larger one is the power connector. Some older drives also ha

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
John R Pierce wrote: >>> >I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX), >> From where? A search on wdc.com says there is no such part number. >> Did you mean E*Z*RX? Sorry. That was a typo. The WD hard drive is: WD20EZRX (as suggested). > here's a WD20EZRX, > http://ecx.images-amazon.

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-06 Thread Warren Young
On 2/6/2014 17:57, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX), From where? A search on wdc.com says there is no such part number. Did you mean E*Z*RX? Can you take pictures of the drive, both sides, and post them for our perusal?

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-06 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/6/2014 5:51 PM, Warren Young wrote: > On 2/6/2014 17:57, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> > >> >I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX), > From where? A search on wdc.com says there is no such part number. > > Did you mean E*Z*RX? > > Can you take pictures of the drive, both sides, and

Re: [CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-06 Thread Tim Evans
On 02/06/2014 07:57 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > My only excuse for asking this question here > is that I am running CentOS-6.5 on my HP MicroServer. > > I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX), > and was surprised to find that the power-connector on this drive > did not seem to be in th

[CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

2014-02-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
My only excuse for asking this question here is that I am running CentOS-6.5 on my HP MicroServer. I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX), and was surprised to find that the power-connector on this drive did not seem to be in the correct place for the drive-bay. (The drive bay closes,