[nflug] Help needed Initializing a new notebook disk drive

[Robert Meyer]

fdisk -l only shows drives with partitions.  I suspect that the drive is completely uninitialized.  You should just type 'fdisk /dev/sdc' and see what it does.  I'd use fdisk to make the initial partition set.

Cheers!

Bob


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----- Original Message ----
From: Joe <josephj at main.nc.us>
To: nflug at nflug.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:30:55 PM
Subject: Re: [nflug] Help needed Initializing a new notebook disk drive

Thanks for the quick reply.

I did it and the drive shows up as /dev/sdc now (my other usb drive is
plugged in and is /dev/sdb). 

*But* fdisk doesn't seem to see the new drive (see below).

What now?

Joe

bigbird at sananda:~/pq$ ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sda3  /dev/sda4  /dev/sda5 
/dev/sdb  /dev/sdb1  /dev/sdb2  /dev/sdc
bigbird at sananda:~/pq$ fdisk -l
bigbird at sananda:~/pq$ sudo !!
sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for bigbird:

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1ea71ea6

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        5099    40957686    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            5100        8986    31222327+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3           14000       14219     1767150    5  Extended
/dev/sda4            8987       13999    40266922+  83  Linux
/dev/sda5           14000       14219     1767087   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000979ea

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1        6384    51279448+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2            6385       30401   192916552+  83  Linux
bigbird at sananda:~/pq$


Cyber Source wrote:
> The gparted cd probably does not have the usb storage module loaded.
> Boot the laptop with kbuntu, then plug it in. as root, type "fdisk
> -l", if it sees the drive, there's nothing wrong.
>
> Joe wrote:
>> I just got a new drive for my notebook.  The old drive still works, but
>> has some bad spots on it (that are out of the way for now).
>>
>> The notebook is an HP dv5020us Centrino Duo.  It is dual boot kubuntu
>> hardy and Win XP.
>>
>> The new HD is Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 5400rpm SATA 320GB 3GB/s drive.
>> I thought I ordered a 1.5 GB/s drive, but that's not what the label on
>> the drive says.
>> My old (current) drive (/dev/sda) is a 120GB 1.5GB/s drive (ST9120821AS)
>> ATA-5 4200rpm and my controller is probably a 1.5GB/s controller.
>>
>> Is that enough to make the new drive incompatible with my system?
>>
>> I hooked up the drive to my notebook using a Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0
>> adapter.
>>
>> When I plug it into the usb port, nothing seems to happen, but when I
>> look, I see that /dev/sdb appears when the drive is plugged in.  the
>> drive is very quiet, but I can hear it spinning when I put it next to my
>> ear.
>>
>> I rebooted the notebook from my gparted live CD.
>> I expected gparted to be able to see and setup the new drive, but it
>> does not see it at all.
>>
>> I thought about swapping the new and old drive in the notebook and then
>> booting from gparted again, but since gparted can see and work with my
>> other usb drive (currently unplugged), I'm not sure if that will help.
>>
>> What do I do next?
>>
>> I have a blinking rebate to send in right away, so I need to determine
>> if the drive will work asap.
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