According seagatethe disk is supposed to be 7,814,037,168 sectors but my system is detecting it as smaller.
Maybe the hardware is not capable of managing it or may be other issue?
[FONT=monospace]**andromeda:~ #** hwinfo --short
cpu:
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 450 Processor, 3200 MHz
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 450 Processor, 3200 MHz
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 450 Processor, 3200 MHz
keyboard:
/dev/input/event2 MosArt Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
/dev/input/event7 Holtek Keyboard
mouse:
/dev/input/mice MosArt Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
monitor:
LG ELECTRONICS LG FULL HD
BENQ G2320HDB
graphics card:
ASUSTeK EN210 SILENT
sound:
nVidia High Definition Audio Controller
ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
storage:
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
network:
eth0 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
network interface:
vmnet8 Ethernet network interface
eth0 Ethernet network interface
lo Loopback network interface
vmnet1 Ethernet network interface
disk:
/dev/sdb WDC WD10EZEX-08W
/dev/sdc ST4000VN000-1H41
/dev/sda WDC WD5000AADS-0
partition:
/dev/sdb1 Partition
/dev/sdb2 Partition
/dev/sdb3 Partition
/dev/sda1 Partition
/dev/sda2 Partition
/dev/sda3 Partition
/dev/sda4 Partition
/dev/sda5 Partition
/dev/sda6 Partition
cdrom:
/dev/sr0 ASUS DRW-24B3ST
usb controller:
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
Renesas uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
bios:
BIOS
bridge:
AMD Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
AMD Family 10h Processor Address Map
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
ATI RX780/RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D)
ATI RX780/RX790 Host Bridge
AMD Family 10h Processor Link Control
AMD Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
AMD Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
ATI RX780/RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A)
ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F)
hub:
Genesys Logic 4-port hub
Genesys Logic Hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Genesys Logic Hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Genesys Logic Hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Genesys Logic Hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Genesys Logic 4-port hub
Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
memory:
Main Memory
unknown:
FPU
DMA controller
PIC
Keyboard controller
/dev/lp0 Parallel controller
PS/2 Controller
ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller
/dev/ttyS0 16550A
/dev/input/event9 Holtek Keyboard
**andromeda:~ #**
4T is greater than can be used with traditional DOS/MBR partitioning. To use all of that disk, you would need a GPT partition table.
However, I’m not sure if what you are seeing is a physical problem with the disk, or is due to the way it is partitioned. That’s why I would like to see output from “gdisk” and/or “parted”.
**andromeda:~ #** gdisk -l /dev/sdc
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Warning! Disk size is smaller than the main header indicates! Loading
secondary header from the last sector of the disk! You should use 'v' to
verify disk integrity, and perhaps options on the experts' menu to repair
the disk.
Caution: invalid backup GPT header, but valid main header; regenerating
backup header from main header.
Warning! One or more CRCs don't match. You should repair the disk!
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: damaged
****************************************************************************
Caution: Found protective or hybrid MBR and corrupt GPT. Using GPT, but disk
verification and recovery are STRONGLY recommended.
****************************************************************************
Disk /dev/sdc: 5860577134 sectors, 2.7 TiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 9F707A96-FCEF-479C-B3EF-F11FB11AFF18
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 7814037134
Partitions will be aligned on 32-sector boundaries
Total free space is 292589 sectors (142.9 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 256 4980735 2.4 GiB FD00
2 4980736 9175039 2.0 GiB FD00
5 9453280 7814023007 3.6 TiB FD00
**andromeda:~ #**
**andromeda:~ #** parted /dev/sdc print
Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdc
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? c
Model: ATA ST4000VN000-1H41 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
**andromeda:~ #**
If you have a different computer available, you could try it on that computer. If it is bad on one computer but not another, that might be a BIOS limitation. Or maybe it is a defective disk.
Hi
Part of a RAID device (FD00), if no important data to recover, I would use wipefs on each partition and the disk, then gdisk to to clear the gpt partition and re-create…
wipefs -a /dev/sdc5
wipefs -a /dev/sdc2
wipefs -a /dev/sdc1
wipefs -a /dev/sdc
partprobe
gdisk /dev/sdc
x
z
y
y
gdisk /dev/sdc
w
gdisk -l /dev/sdc
To OP:
Maybe disk was formatted with “GIGABYTE 3TB+ Unlock Utility” or “ASUS Disk Unlocker”.
IMHO simple recreation of GPT tables will solve this problem.
I had connected the disk in two computers, one running OpenSuse Leap 15.2 and the other running lubuntu 18.04 in both of them
the disk was reported as 2.7TB by fdisk. Today I was going to do something following your advices, I conected the disk in the same computer with the lubuntu but I booted it woth system rescue 4.8.0 and…
root@sysresccd /root % fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 342.9 MiB, 359522304 bytes, 702192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 3.7 TiB, 4000785948160 bytes, 7814035055 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 1 4294967295 4294967295 2T ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
after the errors, working with gparted it seems that the disk is empty, with no partition table, so I try to create a new gtp partition table and it report the same error: can’t have a partition outside the disk!
root@sysresccd /root % gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 7814035055 sectors, 3.6 TiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 501C5905-B873-4B5C-BF1A-E56524BB9ED3
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 7814035021
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 7814034988 sectors (3.6 TiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
So I use gdisk to partition it and create a linux partition table in all the disk
root@sysresccd /root % gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 7814035055 sectors, 3.6 TiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 501C5905-B873-4B5C-BF1A-E56524BB9ED3
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 7814035021
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 7814035021 3.6 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem
root@sysresccd /root %