Strange Happenings linux & 1.5 tb hard drives

[Stratus_ss]

So I just upgraded to a new Sandy Bridge kit tonight and I am having some strange happenings.

I have run all the updates and did a fresh install of Mint 11 (but I also tested the problem with the live cd of Mint 10, and Mythbuntu 10.10)

Basically the computer boots and loads fine but 3 of the hard drives aren't being detected properly.

Fdisk sees them

Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00082dea

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1      243201  1953512001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003af64

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1      243201  1953512001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00006514

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000536fe

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sde: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003261d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sde1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdf: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009687a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdf1   *           1        3040    24413184   83  Linux
/dev/sdf2            3040      182402  1440722945    5  Extended
/dev/sdf5            3040       21276   146483200   83  Linux
/dev/sdf6           21276       21519     1951744   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdf7           21520      182402  1292285952   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdg: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009d72a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdg1               1      243201  1953512001   83  Linux

But they arent being picked up by udev

ls /dev/sd* |grep 1
/dev/sda1
/dev/sdb1
/dev/sdf1
/dev/sdg1

If I hot plug them (unplug the sata and plug it back it) udev picks them up just fine

I have swapped the cables out and its obviously not a power issue

here is dmesg

[    1.827663] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625100 irq 48
[    1.827665] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625180 irq 48
[    1.827667] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625200 irq 48
[    1.827669] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625280 irq 48
[    1.827670] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625300 irq 48
[    1.827672] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfb625000 port 0xfb625380 irq 48
[    1.827694] ahci 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    1.827839] ahci 0000:05:00.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[    1.827848] ahci 0000:05:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum part 
[    1.827861] ahci 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.828099] scsi6 : ahci
[    1.828236] scsi7 : ahci
[    1.828274] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m512@0xfb410000 port 0xfb410100 irq 19
[    1.828277] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m512@0xfb410000 port 0xfb410180 irq 19
[    1.828289] ahci 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    1.828371] ahci 0000:09:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.828469] ahci 0000:09:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 6 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[    1.828470] ahci 0000:09:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf led only pmp fbs pio slum part sxs 
[    1.828475] ahci 0000:09:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.828830] scsi8 : ahci
[    1.828958] scsi9 : ahci
[    1.829004] ata9: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m512@0xfb110000 port 0xfb110100 irq 49
[    1.829008] ata10: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m512@0xfb110000 port 0xfb110180 irq 49
[    1.882839] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.882935] hub 1-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    1.962102] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3310.800 MHz.
[    1.962107] Switching to clocksource tsc
[    1.994071] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[    2.078053] firewire_core: created device fw0: GUID 001fc60000108c2c, S400
[    2.126610] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.126724] hub 2-1:1.0: 8 ports detected
[    2.145956] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    2.145961] ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.145996] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.146031] ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.146041] ata5: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.146056] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.146094] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.149004] ata4.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50, TN01, max UDMA/100
[    2.149387] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0, 51.0AB51, max UDMA/133
[    2.149392] ata1.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    2.152825] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100
[    2.153127] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.153354] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD20EARS-00M 51.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.153458] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    2.153533] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB)
[    2.153569] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    2.153571] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.153585] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.174666] ata3.00: ATA-8: ST31500341AS, CC1H, max UDMA/133
[    2.174671] ata3.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    2.174693] ata6.00: ATA-8: ST31500341AS, CC1H, max UDMA/133
[    2.174696] ata6.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    2.174801] ata5.00: ATA-8: ST31500341AS, CC1H, max UDMA/133
[    2.174806] ata5.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    2.216556] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.216574] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.216785] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.257818] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.263173] ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD20EARS-00J2GB0, 80.00A80, max UDMA/133
[    2.263178] ata2.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    2.269173] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.269342] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD20EARS-00J 80.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.269427] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    2.269440] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB)
[    2.269520] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST31500341AS     CC1H PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.269531] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    2.269533] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.269569] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.269599] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 2930277168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.50 TB/1.36 TiB)
[    2.269616] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[    2.269631] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[    2.269633] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.269645] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.273019] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50  TN01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.279783]  sdc: sdc1
[    2.280211] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.282142] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    2.282147] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    2.282257] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    2.282287] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
[    2.282418] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST31500341AS     CC1H PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.282530] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[    2.282642] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] 2930277168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.50 TB/1.36 TiB)
[    2.282699] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST31500341AS     CC1H PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.282789] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[    2.282806] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] 2930277168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.50 TB/1.36 TiB)
[    2.282866] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[    2.282868] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.282942] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.282967] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
[    2.282970] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.283021] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.295459]  sdd: sdd1
[    2.295798] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.297489]  sde: sde1
[    2.297682] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.297934]  sdb: sdb1
[    2.298350] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.317764] ata9: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.321146] ata9.00: ATA-8: WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0, 01.00A01, max UDMA/133
[    2.321151] ata9.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    2.325205] ata9.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.325401] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD15EADS-00P 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.325489] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
[    2.325518] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdf] 2930277168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.50 TB/1.36 TiB)
[    2.325557] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
[    2.325558] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.325573] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdf] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.381855]  sdf: sdf1 sdf2 < sdf5 sdf6 sdf7 >
[    2.382425] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.397869] usb 2-1.2: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[    2.429650] ata10: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.433779] ata10.00: ATA-8: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0, 51.0AB51, max UDMA/133
[    2.433784] ata10.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    2.454931] ata10.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    2.455143] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD20EARS-00M 51.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.455239] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
[    2.455275] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB)
[    2.455386] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
[    2.455388] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.455460] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.463882]  sdg: sdg1
[    2.464197] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.565260]  sda: sda1
[    2.565582] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.565657] usb 2-1.7: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[    2.573244] input: Logitech Trackball as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input3
[    2.573318] generic-usb 0003:046D:C404.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Trackball] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input0
[    2.573327] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    2.573328] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    3.718244] xor: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse
[    3.736384]    pIII_sse  : 16695.000 MB/sec
[    3.736387] xor: using function: pIII_sse (16695.000 MB/sec)
[    3.737988] device-mapper: dm-raid45: initialized v0.2594b
[    4.009356] Btrfs loaded
[    4.494533] EXT4-fs (sdf1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   11.601237] <30>udev[506]: starting version 167
[   11.626933] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   11.633959] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[   11.633962] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[   11.666573] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[   11.666589] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   11.666593] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[   11.666631] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[   11.694030] Adding 1951740k swap on /dev/sdf6.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951740k 
[   11.707939] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15
[   11.707953] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   11.707954] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   11.707955] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   11.711018] Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6
[   11.711177] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[   11.741563] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[   11.741601] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[   11.741619] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   11.759935] input: Eee PC WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/eeepc-wmi/input/input4
[   11.792207] hda_codec: ALC892: BIOS auto-probing.
[   11.798316] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input5
[   11.996030] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   11.996036] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   11.996039] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[   11.996092] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  270.41.06  Mon Apr 18 14:54:25 PDT 2011
[   12.008871] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 17, io mem 0xfb500000
[   12.008930] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 51 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.008933] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 52 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.008935] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 53 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.008938] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 54 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.008940] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: irq 55 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.012296] usb usb3: No SuperSpeed endpoint companion for config 1  interface 0 altsetting 0 ep 129: using minimum values
[   12.012368] xHCI xhci_add_endpoint called for root hub
[   12.012369] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
[   12.012388] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[   12.012390] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[   12.012457] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   12.012467] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   12.012469] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[   12.012497] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[   12.028820] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 16, io mem 0xfb300000
[   12.028878] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 56 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.028880] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 57 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.028883] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 58 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.028885] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 59 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.028887] xhci_hcd 0000:06:00.0: irq 60 for MSI/MSI-X
[   12.032238] usb usb4: No SuperSpeed endpoint companion for config 1  interface 0 altsetting 0 ep 129: using minimum values
[   12.032292] xHCI xhci_add_endpoint called for root hub
[   12.032293] xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
[   12.032309] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[   12.032311] hub 4-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[   12.328843] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf9000000, mapped to 0xfa100000, using 1216k, total 1216k
[   12.328845] vesafb: mode is 640x480x32, linelength=2560, pages=0
[   12.328846] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[   12.328848] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[   12.328914] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[   12.340907] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[   12.346380] EXT4-fs (sdf1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[   12.483002] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   12.494294] EXT4-fs (sdf5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   12.963623] EXT4-fs (sdf7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   12.991976] EXT4-fs (sdg1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

anyone have any insight into this? I guess I could test this by throwing my sata card in there and take these guys off the motherboard to see if that helps... would suck to have to return th emobo already

 

[Stratus_ss]

Just as an update I started playing with different configurations without much success.

I put in my sata card and moved 2 of 3 drives that werent being picked up to it. 1 of the cards that went to the sata card is now mountable.

I have tried unplugging the cd rom and 2 hard drives to test if its a power problem. This did not make any difference.

I also tried plugging each hard drive in seperately with no tangeable results.

So all told I have done the following

1) swapped out ALL sata cables (yes i actually had that many unopened SATA cables...)
2) swapped power cables around in case I had a bad power cable
3) added in a sata card, only 1 hard drive was seen by udev
4) hot plugged the hard drives. This worked EVERY time regardless of the cable configuartion

not sure where else to go with this

 

[petteyg359]

Are you sure it isn't a power issue? Power requirements spike at startup when the drive spins up. Once it's spinning, it takes less power. Large RAID cards support "staggered spin-up" because of this. The fact that they all work if you "restart" them after the others have already spiked makes it look like a startup power issue.

 

[Stratus_ss]

I suppose I can swap in a bigger PSU.

Like I said I did try unplugging devices.

I currently have a Corsair VX550W psu in there

2500k
P8P67 Pro
2X2gigs of ddr3
gtx 260
4 green hdds
3 regular sata
dvdrw

I unplugged the dvd drive, and 2 hard drives which should have alleviated the power issue.

According to wattage calculators at max draw I should only be pulling 411W (or there abouts) which the corsair psu should be able to handle without problem

I have a Seasonic 650W psu I can swap in

 

[Automata]

That power supply should handle it fine. I'm running the HX620w in my server and I spin up 11 drives at once and could easily do double that.

If there is no data on the new disks, can you reformat them and mount them?

 

[petteyg359]

Not a power issue then. Is there anything in /var/log/messages mentioning the disks? It's obviously detecting them somewhere, or udev wouldn't be skipping sd[cde].

 

[Stratus_ss]

unfortunately they are not new disks. I carried the disks over from my old server. I was in the process of moving data off of the 1.5tbs and decommissioning them.

I am going to swap out the psu to see if that makes a difference or not, maybe the VX is having some capacitor aging... I am also downloading Fedora 15 right now just to see if its a software bug

 

[Automata]

What happens if you try to mount them?

 

[Stratus_ss]

Not a power issue then. Is there anything in /var/log/messages mentioning the disks? It's obviously detecting them somewhere, or udev wouldn't be skipping sd[cde].

The new code based on Natty does not have /var/log/messages anymore

This is what you will see:

alternatives.log  dist-upgrade    kern.log          speech-dispatcher
apache2           dmesg           lastlog           syslog
apparmor          dmesg.0         mail.err          udev
apport.log        dpkg.log        mail.log          ufw.log
apt               faillog         mysql             unattended-upgrades
auth.log          fontconfig.log  mysql.err         vboxadd-install.log
boot              fsck            mysql.log         vboxadd-install-x11.log
boot.log          gdm             news              VBoxGuestAdditions.log
bootstrap.log     ha-debug        pm-powersave.log  webcit
btmp              ha-log          pycentral.log     wtmp
ConsoleKit        installer       samba             Xorg.0.log
cups              jockey.log      sogo              Xorg.0.log.old

I dumped the dmesg and the kern looked almost exactly like dmesg

 

[Stratus_ss]

What happens if you try to mount them?

it tells me that the "device sdc1 does not exist"

additionally if i do a mke2fs -n /dev/sdc1
there are no superblocks

if i do it on /dev/sdc
it returns the usual amount of superblocks

attempting to mount the entire device without partition goes no where

 

[Shelnutt2]

You might be running into this issue. I don't have time to read it all right now or if there was a fix but thought it was worth a look.

 

[Stratus_ss]

It actually sounds almost exactly like that.

This is the solution proposed

/dev/sdb are loaded correctly all times, with 3, 2 or 1 HDD, i test that,
but the other two one it´s a Samsung and the other Western Digital, both
don´t load the partitions, but appear on dmesg the partitions, when i remove
dmsetup and upgrade the initrd images, the rules of dmestup
/etc/udev/rules.d/65_dmsetup.rules was removed and the system start to
booting normally with all devices.

I will have to try that out

Although in my VM the 65_dmsetup.rules doesnt exist and my server is off right now... testing will have to wait until after work

 

[Automata]

Mine is 90. I'm using CentOS 5.6.

[thideras@thideras-server ~]$ ls /etc/udev/rules.d/
05-udev-early.rules     56-hpmud_support.rules  65-kvm.rules
40-multipath.rules      60-libsane.rules        85-pcscd_ccid.rules
50-udev.rules           60-net.rules            [COLOR=Red]90-dm.rules[/COLOR]
51-hotplug.rules        60-pcmcia.rules         90-hal.rules
55-hpmud.rules          60-raw.rules            95-pam-console.rules

 

[Stratus_ss]

ls /etc/udev/rules.d/
60-vboxadd.rules        70-persistent-net.rules  README
70-persistent-cd.rules  70-xorg-vboxmouse.rules

This is all that Natty vm has

 

[Stratus_ss]

No udev rules.

I popped in a Fedora 15 livecd... no problems.

I am testing out overclix then I will move onto mint debian

So OS's that don't work:

Ubuntu 10.10
Mint 10
Mint 11
Mythbuntu 10.10
Overclix


Ones that do work:

Old mint debian (2.6.32-5)
Fedora 15

 

[Stratus_ss]

So my ultimate solution, instead of switching to Fedora was to swap out the 1.5tbs for some 2tb hdds i was going to use for offline storage. No problems with the new drives