Re: [usb-storage] Re: Fwd: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2013-01-22 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Don't worry... I have lived in that world for decades... it's a lot like BIOS. James Bottomley wrote: >On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 11:05 -0600, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/22/2013 09:43 AM, Alan Stern wrote: >> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Oliver Neukum wrote: >> > >> >> On Tuesday 22 January 2013 11:05

Re: [usb-storage] Re: Fwd: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2013-01-22 Thread James Bottomley
On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 11:05 -0600, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/22/2013 09:43 AM, Alan Stern wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday 22 January 2013 11:05:35 James Bottomley wrote: > May 3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.472796] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] > 1

Re: [usb-storage] Re: Fwd: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2013-01-22 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/22/2013 09:43 AM, Alan Stern wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Oliver Neukum wrote: > >> On Tuesday 22 January 2013 11:05:35 James Bottomley wrote: May 3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.472796] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] 1565565872 512-byte logical blocks: (801 GB/746 GiB) >>> >>> This look

Re: [usb-storage] Re: Fwd: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2013-01-22 Thread Alan Stern
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Oliver Neukum wrote: > On Tuesday 22 January 2013 11:05:35 James Bottomley wrote: > > > May 3 18:19:06 relampago3 kernel: [ 3948.472796] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] > > > 1565565872 512-byte logical blocks: (801 GB/746 GiB) > > > > This looks like a wrap around of your actual size. T