On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:34:12 -0500
ed stuckems <edstuckems [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
> n Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Prof J C Nash (U30A)
> <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote:
> > I've noticed that my usb-SATA cables sometimes need to be checked
> > (pulled apart and reconnected). It looks like
>
> reconnected the cable and still nothing.
>
> >
> > fdisk -l
> >
> > isn't showing the device? Realize this may be a long shot.
>
> actually "parted -s /dev/sd{a,b,c,d,e,f}" is failing to connect to the
> device. I've shied away from fdisk given that I eventually want to
> work with a drive that's been formatted with a GUID Partition Table.
> My understanding is that fdisk doesn't handle GPT formatted drives.
>
> The drive is only about 2 years old and has hardly been used so don't
> worry about long shots. At this point I'll try anything to get it to
> function again.
Shouldn't that be: sudo fdisk -l
When you plug in the drive, does /dev/disk/ get a new entry?
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Shawn