[CentOS] Cannot mount 3TB MyBook USB HD
Alexander Dalloz
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Fri Mar 8 22:58:33 UTC 2013
Am 08.03.2013 22:32, schrieb Miller,Jason [Burlington]:
> Hello, new Linux user here and I cannot mount a new (empty) WD MyBook
> Essentials 3TB USB external hard drive (Model WDBACW0030HBK-NESN).
[ ... ]
> My linux OS is CentOS 5.4 x86-64 running on a dedicated HP z400. The WD
> MyBook is to back up the large data files we are creating on the HP400
> (it's used to run a DNA sequencer)
Your drive is most certainly not compatible with CentOS 5. See
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/5.6_Technical_Notes/index.html#idm14006544
4 kilobyte physical sectors, 4 kilobyte logical sector harddisks
4 kilobyte physical sectors, 4 kilobyte logical sector harddisks
require firmware and software modifications to function. This type of 4
kilobytes sector disks is currently not supported in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5
In addition:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682928
Regards
Alexander
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