Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:33:31 +0200 From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Cc: jhs@berklix.com Subject: how to format an ide hard disc in a usb enclosure Message-ID: <200809032233.m83MXVRe015145@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Hi freebsd-scsi@, How does one reformat an IDE disc in a USB enclosure appearing on 7.0-Release via devd as /dev/ da0 da0s1 da0s1a da0s1c pass1 ? su camcontrol devlist <MATSHITA UJDA730 DVD/CDRW 1.00> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,cd0) <USB 2.0 Storage Device 0100> at scbus3 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,da0) camcontrol format da0 You are about to REMOVE ALL DATA from the following device: camcontrol: scsiformat: error sending inquiry camcontrol format 3:0:0 You are about to REMOVE ALL DATA from the following device: camcontrol: scsiformat: error sending inquiry Should I be using something from ports/ ? eg cd /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools ... smartctl -i -T verypermissive /dev/da0 Device: USB 2.0 Storage Device Version: 0100 >> Terminate command early due to bad response to IEC mode page A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. cd /usr/ports/sysutils/sformat ... sformat -auto 0 0 3 ... Enter number of heads -1 (1 - 255)/<cr>: ... too many questions I dont know answer to, I just want to reformat whole device. Background Yes, perhaps as the disc is throwing errors, it might be dieing, &/or bad disc sector list might be full/ filling, but that doesn't worry me: I had to power cycle it rapidly while travelling, might have been the reason, &/or maybe USB hub didnt deliver enough power then (despite doubler cable, thus 1.0A not 0.5A), but theres' nothing vital on that disk, it's just a scratch space for experiments, so I'd like to reformat. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSDUnixLinux C Prog Admin SysEng Consult Munich www.berklix.com Mail plain ASCII text. HTML & Base64 text are spam. www.asciiribbon.org
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