[ale] Debian 7, can only see 2TB of 4TB drive

[Edward Holcroft]

That was it Phil.

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.

Many thanks!

cheers
ed


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:

> On 06/20/2014 11:41 AM, Edward Holcroft wrote:
> > Any idea why I cannot get this disk to partition as a single 4TB drive? A
> > quick Google reveals many people​ experiencing this problem. I tried
> this:
> >
> > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> > (parted) mklabel gpt
> > Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdg will be destroyed and all
> data
> > on
> > this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?
> > Yes/No? Yes
> > (parted) print
> > Model: Generic External (scsi)
> > Disk /dev/sdg: 2000GB
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> > Partition Table: gpt
> >
> > fdisk is of no use either.
> >
> > btw this is a brand new free-standing Seagate drive that was never in an
> > enclosure or such, I know sometimes the manufacturers do strange stuff
> with
> > drives in enclosures.
>
> That looks a lot like the limits cheap USB interfaces impose.  Have you
> tried plugging into a motherboard SATA port?
>
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