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On 07/31/2016 12:56 PM, Jörg Schaible wrote: |
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> Jörg Schaible wrote: |
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>> Hi Daniel, |
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>> thanks for your response. |
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>> |
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>> Daniel Frey wrote: |
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>> [snip] |
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>>> I can only think of two reasons, the kernel on the livecd doesn't |
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>>> support GPT (which is unlikely) |
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>> That would be really strange. However, how can I prove it? |
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>>> or you're booting a 32-bit kernel live |
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>>> USB. I am reasonably certain for drives > 2TB a 64-bit kernel and GPT |
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>>> are required. |
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>> No, I've always chosen 64-bit kernels. I wonder what is so special about |
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>> this partition ... |
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> Currently I wonder, why my system can find the partition at all: |
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> ======================== %< ======================== |
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> # gdisk -l /dev/sdi |
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> GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1 |
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> Partition table scan: |
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> MBR: protective |
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> BSD: not present |
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> APM: not present |
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> GPT: not present |
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If you have seen my recent thread, much of this automounting during |
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boot(strapping) is flaky that is much of what I have been searching out |
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is a default (magical) partitioning schema that will eventually lead to |
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clear documents on the current state of affairs not only with old versus |
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new motherboards (mbr-->efi) and disk (mbr < 2.2T and gpt >2.2T) |
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but including all sorts of new arm and other embedded (linux) boards. |
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Different forms of Solid State memory are next on my list, with usb (1.x |
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--> 3.x) being top of the SS memory mediums..... (Sorry I do not have |
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more atm). |
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> Creating new GPT entries. |
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> Disk /dev/sdi: 732566646 sectors, 2.7 TiB |
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> Logical sector size: 4096 bytes |
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> Disk identifier (GUID): 80C04475-9B51-4A44-A52F-1F165AE02695 |
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> Partition table holds up to 128 entries |
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> First usable sector is 6, last usable sector is 732566640 |
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> Partitions will be aligned on 256-sector boundaries |
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> Total free space is 732566635 sectors (2.7 TiB) |
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> Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name |
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> However, it's mounted successfully, see system logs: |
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> ======================== %< ======================== |
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> [22735.626752] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdi] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 |
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> TB/2.73 TiB) |
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> [22735.629255] sdi: sdi1 |
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> [23414.066315] EXT4-fs (sdi1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. |
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> Opts: (null) |
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> Has anyone ever tried the recovery option of GPT disk to rebuild GPT from |
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> MBR? |
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I see some sort of 'auto correction' by gpt technology to convert many |
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forms of perceived mbr to gpt to be used by the booting process for |
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spinning rust. So this issue is not limited to usb medium. I would also |
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point out that I'd look deeply into the usb specs for the vendor of your |
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usb sticks, as they do some 'funky things' at the firmware level inside |
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many of the newer/faster/larger usb devices. It not just dumb memory |
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like the early 1.x devices. Many are slanted to Microsoft business |
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strategies. I'm not suggesting that is your current issues. I'm merely |
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pointing out that some newer usb sticks are systems themselves complete |
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with firmware so the devices looks like dumb memory. Furthermore, the |
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silicon vendors provide firmware options to usb sticks vendors (like |
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Texas Instruments) but also the vendor add to or change the hidden |
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firmware as meets their multifaceted business objects. Sadly, the NSA is |
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deeply involved here, as are many nation states and large corporations. |
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You'd be surprised what youd find in a modern usb stick, should you take |
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it into a class 6+ clean-room for analysis. The lower the particle count |
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the more fantastic the tools |
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to open up silicon and look deeply into what is actually going on. |
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This is why folks love those classified research facilities that have |
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govt contract and folks hanging around. Lots of very, very cool toys |
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you just do not hear about...... Way beyond microscopes built by |
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physicist..... |
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Prolly not your issue, but still present. Cheap ass usb vendors often |
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have corner issues that are unintentional, that is why well recognized |
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vendors of SS memory are the best to deal with, for consistency of behavior. |
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I'd use as many different tools as you can find and read the vendor & |
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silicon manufacturer's docs to see what you are really dealing with to |
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ferret out this weirdness. (it's a darn time sync, just so you know). |
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[1] http://www.cleanroom.byu.edu/particlecount.phtml |
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hth, |
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James |