[kwlug-disc] Trouble Reading 1 TB Hard Drive in USB SATA Dock

[Bob Jonkman]

I have an external drive enclosure that has dual USB and eSATA 
connectors. If I format it when connected with USB I can't use it with 
eSATA, and same the other way 'round. It now sits as my backup drive 
connected with eSATA. If I had another I'd swap them back and forth for 
off-site backups, but the way it is, it might as well be an internal 
drive...

--Bob.


On 2022-01-10 01:26, Ron Singh wrote:
> So true, this --
> "Some docks are "helpful" and change sector sizes (4096->512) for some
> reason."
> This has been a thorn for years with tech guys dealing with random USB/SATA
> adapters/docks.
> We settled on Apricorn SATA/USB cable things for the 2.5" devices and
> Startech USB/SATA docks for 3.5" devices, never looked back.
> That sector change size issue used to be a great source of grief, wasted a
> ton of time on it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron S.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 1:13 AM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 05:38:54PM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
>>> I am trying to read a 1 TB hard drive that my friend partitioned and
>>> formatted on his Windows 10 system.  The hard drive in question is a
>>> Seagate 1 TB ST1000VM002 SATA hard drive connected to my Linux Mint
>>> box via a USB SATA dock.  I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1.
>>
>> I assume your friend was not using this dock, and you are? That's very
>> probably the problem. Some docks are "helpful" and change sector sizes
>> (4096->512) for some reason.
>>
>> Try a different dock, or try it directly in a computer.
>>
>> There may be a fixed firmware for your dock.
>>
>> I believe there was a bit of a discussion on this list about a year or
>> so ago (although my concept of time lately is fuzzy -- that could be
>> anywhere from 6mo to 3 years ago at this point).
>>
>> I tossed my dock for this reason. There may have been an alternate
>> firmware for it, but I couldn't figure out how to load it to try.
>>
>>> /sudo/parted -l gives:
>>> [...]
>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
>>
>> --
>> Chris Irwin
>>
>> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
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