Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem (Problem Solved)

2016-12-22 Thread Corey W Sheldon
lab got new machines about a year and half ago, and I knew >> machines had USB 3 ports, so I hooked up a 1.5TB usb disk, and got >> very >> slow results. Turned out that only 2 of the 6 USB ports are USB 3, >> others are >> only USB 2. Don't know if there would

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem (Problem Solved)

2016-12-21 Thread Terry Polzin
ked up a 1.5TB usb disk, and got > > very > > slow results. Turned out that only 2 of the 6 USB ports are USB 3, > > others are > > only USB 2. Don't know if there would be a difference in the size of > > disk > > supported by USB 2 versus USB 3. > >

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem (Problem Solved)

2016-12-21 Thread Barry
versus USB 3. > > > On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > Subject:WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem > From: "Gregory P. Ennis" > To: Fedora Users List g> > Date sent: Sun, 30 Oct 2

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem (Problem Solved)

2016-11-18 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
e USB 3, others are  only USB 2. Don't know if there would be a difference in the size of disk  supported by USB 2 versus USB 3.  On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Subject:     WD  My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem From:   "Gregor

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-11-15 Thread Tim
Gregory P. Ennis sent: >> Unfortuantely, when I tried to connect it to Fedora 24 I am still not >> able to recognize it to mount it. All of the /dev/sd* entries were >> the same before and after I plugged it in. Smartmontools appears to >> recognize it when it is plugged in a usb port, but pauses

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-11-01 Thread George R Goffe
Hi, This situation sounds a lot like the problems I had when I went from 2tb drives to 3tb -> 6tb drives connected via USB 2/3 to docking stations. 2tb drives worked well. 3tb drives were all screwed up. It turns out that the firmware in the Kwin dual drive docking station could NOT support > 2

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 10/31/2016 04:31 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 10/31/2016 01:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: In certain cases isn't there a way to format a drive using the GPT option? (I believe it's in "Disks") and then you select the drive in question.then go to the upper right hand corner and sele

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/31/2016 01:31 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/31/2016 01:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> In certain cases isn't there a way to format a drive using the GPT >> option? (I believe it's in "Disks") and then you select the drive in >> question.then go to the upper right hand corner a

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/31/2016 01:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: In certain cases isn't there a way to format a drive using the GPT option? (I believe it's in "Disks") and then you select the drive in question.then go to the upper right hand corner and select the "Format Disk" choice. When it opens you

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/31/2016 09:42 AM, jd1008 wrote: Perhaps - JUST PERHAPS - your damned cable is crappy. Get a brand new one made for disks, and not charging cell phones. Note that this drive, and portable drives in general (as far as I know) don't use the same cable that phones do: https://images-na.s

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 10/31/2016 11:20 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 10/30/2016 07:31 PM, fred roller wrote: System is detecting... you are being assigned sdd in your sequence but the system is choking on the size. ... seems to some extent limited to 2Tb according to this[1] and similar articles eluding to a 2Tb

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Rick Stevens
On 10/31/2016 09:42 AM, jd1008 wrote: > Perhaps - JUST PERHAPS - your damned cable is crappy. > Get a brand new one made for disks, and not charging cell phones. My guess is your cable has that USB 3.0 micro 10-pin connector to the drive at one end, and possibly two USB type A connectors for the c

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread jd1008
Perhaps - JUST PERHAPS - your damned cable is crappy. Get a brand new one made for disks, and not charging cell phones. On 10/31/2016 09:12 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 10/30/2016 05:50 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: [22033.163868] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... [22033.165424] ses 12:0:0:

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/30/2016 07:31 PM, fred roller wrote: System is detecting... you are being assigned sdd in your sequence but the system is choking on the size. ... seems to some extent limited to 2Tb according to this[1] and similar articles eluding to a 2Tb cap per partition. That limitation applies t

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/31/2016 04:40 AM, George N. White III wrote: How old is your hardware/BIOS? "If you have 64-bit Vista, 64-bit Windows 7, a Mac, 64-bit Linux, or in some cases 32-bit Linux, check to see if your system's BIOS supports 3TB. If doesn't, you'll need to obtain a BIOS update or to buy a newer

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/30/2016 05:50 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: [22033.163868] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... [22033.165424] ses 12:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 13 [22034.163430] ... [22106.673511] usb 8-1.3: reset high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hc

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-31 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II am.net> wrote: > > Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since > > ntfs > > should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? > > > > gparted isn't see

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/30/2016 02:25 PM, fred roller wrote: watch 'dmesg | tail' tail -f dmesg | grep usb might be even better. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
s are only USB 2. Don't know if there would be a difference in the size of disk supported by USB 2 versus USB 3. On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Subject: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem From: "Gregor

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On 10/30/2016 08:31 PM, fred roller wrote: > > [22133.737857] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... > [22134.737714] > . > .. > ...not responding... > > System is detecting... you are being assigned sdd in your

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread jd1008
On 10/30/2016 08:31 PM, fred roller wrote: [22133.737857] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... [22134.737714] ... ...not responding... System is detecting... you are being assigned sdd in your sequence but t

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread fred roller
[22133.737857] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... [22134.737714] ... ...not responding... System is detecting... you are being assigned sdd in your sequence but the system is choking on the size. And; educated

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread jd1008
save files from both systems and use options that Fat32 don't support. Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since ntfs should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Subject: WD My Passport Ul

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
> Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016 19:52:55 -0400 > From: fred roller > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II < > mi...@kuentos.guam.net> wrote: > > > > > Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, > > since ntfs should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g i

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since > ntfs > should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? > gparted isn't seeing anything near as I can tell, hence the request for dmesg info... sounds like

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
that Fat32 don't support. Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since ntfs  should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Subject:     WD  My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem From:   

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Richard
> Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016 19:52:55 -0400 > From: fred roller > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II < > mi...@kuentos.guam.net> wrote: > >> Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, >> since ntfs should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installe

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread fred roller
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Michael D. Setzer II < mi...@kuentos.guam.net> wrote: > Would be interest to see how gparted sees the existing format, since ntfs > should not be a problem if you have ntfs-3g installed? > gparted isn't seeing anything near as I can tell, hence the request for dme

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
ve ntfs-3g installed? On 30 Oct 2016 at 15:15, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Subject: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem From: "Gregory P. Ennis" To: Fedora Users List Date sent: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:15:26 -0500 Send reply to

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 10/30/2016 04:15 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Everyone, I just purchased 3 WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drives that I had hoped to use for archive files for some digital images. Looks like WD has made it difficult to use for Linux. The google searches that I did stepped me through mounting it

Re: WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread fred roller
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Everyone, > > I just purchased 3 WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drives that I had hoped > to use for archive files for some digital images. > > Looks like WD has made it difficult to use for Linux. The google > searches that I did stepped m

WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drive problem

2016-10-30 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
Everyone, I just purchased 3 WD My Passport Ultra 3T usb drives that I had hoped to use for archive files for some digital images. Looks like WD has made it difficult to use for Linux.  The google searches that I did stepped me through mounting it on a Windows 10 system and then formatting it wit