Re: smartctl cannot access my storage, need syntax help

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 1/15/24 13:44, Felix Miata wrote:
> gene heskett composed on 2024-01-15 08:39 (UTC-0500):
>
> >     └─md2       9:2    0     3G  0 raid10
> > sdh           8:112  0   1.9T  0 disk
> > └─sdh1        8:113  0   1.9T  0 part  <<< the one I'm fooling with
> > sdi           8:128  0   1.9T  0 disk
> > └─sdi1        8:129  0   1.9T  0 part  <<<
> > sdj           8:144  0   1.9T  0 disk
> > └─sdj1        8:145  0   1.9T  0 part  <<<
> > sdk           8:160  0   1.9T  0 disk
> > └─sdk1        8:161  0   1.9T  0 part  <<<
> > sdl           8:176  0   1.9T  0 disk
> > └─sdl1        8:177  0   1.9T  0 part  <<<
> > sr0          11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
>
> Is there a smart card reader in coyote? They can cause what looks like phantom
> drives. If not, I have no idea what those 5 <<< devices might be assigned to,
> other than their sizes. :( I suspect it could be some kind of bug, possibly in
> SATA expansion card firmware. There was a buggy Bookworm kernel recently causing
> I/O problems. What kernel are you running? 6.1.0-17 is current. Bug was sometime
> after 6.1.0-13.
>
> I have a card reader that produces sd[cdef]:
> # lsscsi
> [2:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      ST1000NM0011     SN02  /dev/sda
> [3:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      ST1000DM003-1CH1 CC49  /dev/sdb
> [4:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  ASUS     DRW-24B1ST   j   1.11  /dev/sr0
> [6:0:0:0]    disk    Generic  USB SD Reader    1.00  /dev/sdc
> [6:0:0:1]    disk    Generic  USB CF Reader    1.01  /dev/sdd
> [6:0:0:2]    disk    Generic  USB SM Reader    1.02  /dev/sde
> [6:0:0:3]    disk    Generic  USB MS Reader    1.03  /dev/sdf
> #
> So, when I insert a generic USB stick, it gets /dev/sdg. :p

I have one, plugged into usb, but nothing is plugged into it ATM, an ONN 
from wallies. no problems here but it can mess with armbian booting on a 
bannapi-m5. Got a bunch of those. Nothing that ob this box that looks 
like the last 4 above. I look at dmesg tp see what it is before I mount it.

Thank you Felix.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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