How to clear previous used disk?

[Michael_Oz]

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 not recognized.

So in Windows I deleted the partitions.

Nothing showed in Frontview when I connected it.

Looking at te logs:

Feb 03 17:46:19 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: softreset failed (timeout)
Feb 03 17:46:19 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 0)
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: ATA-10: ST10000VN0004-1ZD101, SC60, max UDMA/133
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: 19532873728 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/100
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: EH complete
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST10000VN0004-1Z SC60 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] 19532873728 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 TB/9.10 TiB)
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] 4096-byte physical blocks
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk.
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:2353004543 != 19532873727
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT:2353004543 != 19532873727
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel:  sdg: sdg1 sdg2 sdg3
Feb 03 17:46:22 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk

So i tried changng it from GPT to basic disk.

Frontview still not showing it.

After some GoogleBinging I tried diskpart clean, now it mounts aparently clean:

Feb 03 18:00:03 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: softreset failed (timeout)
Feb 03 18:00:03 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 0)
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: ATA-10: ST10000VN0004-1ZD101, SC60, max UDMA/133
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: 19532873728 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/100
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: ata8: EH complete
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST10000VN0004-1Z SC60 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] 19532873728 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 TB/9.10 TiB)
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] 4096-byte physical blocks
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Feb 03 18:00:07 ME-NAS-316A kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk

But still doesn't show up in Frontview.

What do I neeed t do to it?

[Michael_Oz · Accepted solution]

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]

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 · Accepted solution]

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.