chill wrote:
> My memory of what I did under pCP to format an SSD in the Argon case
> isn't great, but I can give some clues.
>
> From your dmesg it looks like the SSD is device sda. If you SSH into
> the RPi and type
>
> >
Code:
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> > fdisk -l
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> >
>
> you should see some output like this:
>
> >
Code:
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> > tc@pCPTV:~$ fdisk -l
> Disk /dev/sda: 224 GB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
> 29185 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot StartCHS EndCHS StartLBA EndLBA Sectors Size
Id Type
> /dev/sda1 0,1,1 1023,254,63 63 468862127 468862065 223G
83 Linux
> Disk /dev/sdb: 932 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
> 121601 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot StartCHS EndCHS StartLBA EndLBA Sectors Size
Id Type
> /dev/sdb1 0,32,33 1023,254,63 2048 1953523711 1953521664 931G
83 Linux
> Disk /dev/sdc: 15 GB, 16005464064 bytes, 31260672 sectors
> 15264 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot StartCHS EndCHS StartLBA EndLBA Sectors Size
Id Type
> /dev/sdc1 128,0,1 127,3,16 8192 139263 131072 64.0M
c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/sdc2 1023,3,16 267,63,32 139264 548863 409600 200M
83 Linux
> /dev/sdc3 1023,63,32 1023,63,32 2596864 31260671 28663808 13.6G
83 Linux
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> >
>
> In the above example, I have /dev/sda which is the SSD in the Argon
> case, /dev/sdb which is a 1Tb external drive, and dev/sdc which is a
> 16Gb SD card.
>
> For each of these devices there are partitions on the drive, e.g.
> /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdc2 etc. So if this command
> confirms that your SSD is /dev/sda then look to see if it has a
> partition /dev/sda1.
>
> If it doesn't, you'll need to create one. Use:
> >
Code:
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> > sudo fdisk /dev/sda
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> >
>
> ...type 'm' to see the command options, then use the appropriate
> commands to create a new partition of type 83, then write the
> partition table to the disk and exit.
>
> Then you'll need to format the partition:
>
> >
Code:
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> > mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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> >
>
> *EDIT: That mkfs.ext4 command may need to be preceded with 'sudo'
Chill, thanks.
Can't even get started . . .
Code:
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tc@musicbox:~$ fdisc -1-sh: fdisc: not found
tc@musicbox:~$
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*Server - LMS 8.3.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP 8.0.0 - 75K library,
playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs)
*Study -* Pi4/pCP 8.0.0/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2
*Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 8.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5
*Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8
*Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers
*Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi
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