On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Gregory P. Ennis <po...@pomec.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II <mi...@kuentos.gu > am.net> wrote: > > Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since > > ntfs > > should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? > > > > gparted isn't seeing anything near as I can tell, hence the request for > dmesg info... sounds like some background system work is happening but > is getting caught up somewhere. I agree with fat16/32 limitations > especially since the OP is archiving images which can get rather > large. Formatting just seemed easiest as a way to eliminate some > possibilities because of fat fs wide acceptance. If it works, then it > was a file system issue and if not then most likely a deeper hardware > issue. If the former then a matter of installing support for the > desired fs or format to one that best suits OP's needs. I am not > thinking the latter because a couple articles where the posting OPs' > stated they plugged in the drive and the system recognized it including > Eddie above; but, technologies change and WD firmware may be > conflicting with the OP's system since the are just purchased. At this > point it is just conjecture until we get a better picture. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Fred, > > The drive is a 3T drive > > Here is the end of dmesg : > > [22032.142905] usb 8-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, > idProduct=259d > [22032.142909] usb 8-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, > SerialNumber=1 > [22032.142912] usb 8-1.3: Product: My Passport 259D > [22032.142914] usb 8-1.3: Manufacturer: Western Digital > [22032.142916] usb 8-1.3: SerialNumber: 575832314437363658383146 > [22032.144659] usb-storage 8-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > [22032.145363] scsi host12: usb-storage 8-1.3:1.0 > [22033.148475] scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Passport > 259D 1012 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 > [22033.149280] scsi 12:0:0:1: Enclosure WD SES > Device 1012 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 > [22033.162543] sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 > [22033.163005] ses 12:0:0:1: Attached Enclosure device > [22033.163868] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... > [22033.165424] ses 12:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 13 > [22034.163430] ....................................... > [22106.673511] usb 8-1.3: reset high-speed USB device number 10 using > xhci_hcd > [22108.037081] ........................not responding... > [22133.734712] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ > CAPACITY(16). > [22133.735030] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] 5860466688 512-byte logical blocks: > (3.00 TB/2.73 TiB) > [22133.735038] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] 4096-byte physical blocks > [22133.735604] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > [22133.735608] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 53 00 10 08 > [22133.736133] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found > [22133.736137] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through > [22133.737857] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... > [22134.737714] > ....................................................................... > ...................not responding... > [22233.896939] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Very big device. Trying to use READ > CAPACITY(16). > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > How old is your hardware/BIOS? "If you have 64-bit Vista, 64-bit Windows 7, a Mac, 64-bit Linux, or in some cases 32-bit Linux, check to see if your system's BIOS supports 3TB. If doesn't, you'll need to obtain a BIOS update or to buy a newer motherboard that supports 3TB." -- http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything-you-need-to-know-about-3tb-hard-drives.html -- George N. White III <aa...@chebucto.ns.ca> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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