Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Schumacher
Morning Eddie, Saturday, April 5, 2014, 8:41:05 PM, you wrote: ...it looks like its about to do something...and then the loud click and nothing happens. just wondering. Are you aware that you may need to mount the freshly formatted drive manually? best regards --- Michael Schumacher PAMAS

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread EGO.II-1
Yeah Michael, I've tried to use the /mount/dev/sd* and it appears to workbecause I don't get any error messages...but I still can't browse to the drive in the Nautilus file managerso something's still not right. EGO II On 04/07/2014 02:07 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread EGO.II-1
While I haven't had a chance to attach it internally, that is going to be my next move.. EGO II On 04/06/2014 06:36 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) mhric...@nps.edu wrote: Generally it's better to connect the bare metal drive to an

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread EGO.II-1
Thanks Mark!..will be giving this a try along with all the other solutions.I mean SOMETHING'S got to give! EGO II On 04/05/2014 08:00 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: On 04/05/14 14:41, Eddie O'Connor wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread EGO.II-1
Thanks Keith...going to go this route firstsee what results I get. EGO II On 04/05/2014 07:46 PM, Edward M wrote: On 4/5/2014 4:28 PM, Keith Keller wrote: On 2014-04-05, Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Schumacher
Hi Eddie, Monday, April 7, 2014, 10:43:16 AM, you wrote: Yeah Michael, I've tried to use the /mount/dev/sd* and it appears to workbecause I don't get any error messages...but I still can't browse to the drive in the Nautilus file managerso something's still not right. you may

Re: [CentOS] {CentOS} HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread John Doe
From: Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com Okso after installing smartmontools on my CentOS machine...and connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be seenbut when I look for it in the /dev/

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:36 PM, SilverTip257 silvertip...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) mhric...@nps.edu wrote: Generally it's better to connect the bare metal drive to an internal SATA connection to run smartctl. If the short test results are good, run.

Re: [CentOS] {CentOS} HDD Problem....

2014-04-07 Thread SilverTip257
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:05 AM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com Okso after installing smartmontools on my CentOS machine...and connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the short and long tests...so the drive can

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-06 Thread Eddie O'Connor
Thanks all.will try some of these solutions when I get back home. On 04/05/14 14:41, Eddie O'Connor wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing light up...and I can hear the

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-06 Thread Chris Weisiger
and not the hard drive. So take the drives out and they might be absolutely fine. -Original Message- From: Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com Sent: ‎4/‎5/‎2014 1:41 PM To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] HDD Problem Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-06 Thread Richer, Mark (CIV)
be absolutely fine. -Original Message- From: Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.commailto:eoconno...@gmail.com Sent: ‎4/‎5/‎2014 1:41 PM To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.orgmailto:centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] HDD Problem Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-06 Thread SilverTip257
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) mhric...@nps.edu wrote: Generally it's better to connect the bare metal drive to an internal SATA connection to run smartctl. If the short test results are good, run. The long test. There are Agreed, it is better to connect the drive to

Re: [CentOS] {CentOS} HDD Problem....

2014-04-06 Thread Eddie O'Connor
Okso after installing smartmontools on my CentOS machine...and connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be seenbut when I look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.I'm about to give the

[CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Eddie O'Connor
Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing light up...and I can hear the drive making noise, but after a few minutes I hear an abrupt click and the drive doesn't do anything. I can SEE it in the

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Mr Queue
On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 14:41:05 -0400 Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Drive sounds dead. You could try and pull it out of the enclosure to rule that out but sound's like you're making a trip to Fry's. -- Just to have it is enough.

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 04/05/2014 02:41 PM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Try to get some SMART data out of it if you can: # yum install smartmontools # smartctl -a /dev/sdX -- Jorge ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Keith Keller
On 2014-04-05, Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing light up...and I can hear the drive making noise, but after a few minutes I hear an

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Edward M
On 4/5/2014 4:28 PM, Keith Keller wrote: On 2014-04-05, Eddie O'Connor eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing light up...and I can hear the drive making

Re: [CentOS] HDD Problem....

2014-04-05 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 04/05/14 14:41, Eddie O'Connor wrote: Ok so I have a 500GB WD Blue Scorpion HDD that I'm trying to access via USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing light up...and I can hear the drive making noise, but after a few minutes I hear an abrupt click and the