<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That was it Phil.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Since I do not have a SATA cable with me right now, I tried switching it from the front USB2 port to a USB3 port on the back, and it works as it should.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Many thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
cheers</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">ed</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Phil Turmel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@turmel.org" target="_blank">philip@turmel.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 06/20/2014 11:41 AM, Edward Holcroft wrote:<br>
> Any idea why I cannot get this disk to partition as a single 4TB drive? A<br>
> quick Google reveals many people experiencing this problem. I tried this:<br>
><br>
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.<br>
> (parted) mklabel gpt<br>
> Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdg will be destroyed and all data<br>
> on<br>
> this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?<br>
> Yes/No? Yes<br>
> (parted) print<br>
> Model: Generic External (scsi)<br>
> Disk /dev/sdg: 2000GB<br>
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B<br>
> Partition Table: gpt<br>
><br>
> fdisk is of no use either.<br>
><br>
> btw this is a brand new free-standing Seagate drive that was never in an<br>
> enclosure or such, I know sometimes the manufacturers do strange stuff with<br>
> drives in enclosures.<br>
<br>
</div>That looks a lot like the limits cheap USB interfaces impose. Have you<br>
tried plugging into a motherboard SATA port?<br>
<br>
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