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Michael_Oz
Luminary
Feb 07, 2019
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How to clear previous used disk?

I have a 10TB HDD which was previously in a RAID set. I want to connect it via ESATA for ad-hoc backups. When I connected it I got: External storage device is connected but the file system is n...
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    Michael_Oz
    Feb 07, 2019

    Of couse, parted is not installed...

    I found a USB/SATA device* with a newer Windows box and formatted it. So the immediate problem is solved.

    It would really be good if there was an advanced Frontview feature to initialise drives without needing external systems...

     

    * For the record:

    Simplecom SA491 USB 3.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter - worked with 10TB drive on Windows7 via USB3

    NexStar NST-D300SU3 SATA Dock to USB 3.0/ESATA did not work with a 10TB drive, showed up a a removable drive but with no disk.

Michael_Oz's avatar
Michael_Oz
Luminary
Feb 07, 2019

Ahh! I said, need to Initialise it...

Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk.
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:2353004543 != 19532873727
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:2353004543 != 19532873727
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel:  sdg: sdg1
Feb 07 11:42:23 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk

Seems that Windows box doesn't handle the 10TB well, it shows as ~1TB so it may not be changing the GPT alternate header.

Can someone point me to some appropriate GNU Parted instructions please?

  • Michael_Oz's avatar
    Michael_Oz
    Luminary
    Feb 07, 2019

    Of couse, parted is not installed...

    I found a USB/SATA device* with a newer Windows box and formatted it. So the immediate problem is solved.

    It would really be good if there was an advanced Frontview feature to initialise drives without needing external systems...

     

    * For the record:

    Simplecom SA491 USB 3.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter - worked with 10TB drive on Windows7 via USB3

    NexStar NST-D300SU3 SATA Dock to USB 3.0/ESATA did not work with a 10TB drive, showed up a a removable drive but with no disk.

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