10TB HDDs not able to format under linux

tet024 · 09-22-2023, 08:34 AM

Hi,

I have a strange scenario where I have a HDD which I can't format under linux. I tried both ubuntu and unraid distributions. The SATA HDD is using a usb to sata 5bay enclosure. The HDD is being detected correctly fdisk -l shows the disk correctly but when I try to format it just loops and no progress is done. I just can see the following error.

Unaligned partial completion

With Windows and Mac OSX the disk is formatted and partition created in both MBR and GTP mode.

Any ideas on what may be the issue as this is perplexing me abit.

With Ubuntu I tried DD the drive

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdi count=1 bs=512

and

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdi count=1 bs=4096

I also tried

GPARTED and No Progress (seems like it crashes) and also the Disk utility which comes with UBUNTU it remains 0.0%.

All the above options didn't work.

Would appreciate any help. Unfortunately I can't connect the SATA drive directly.

THanks
TeT

Emerson · 09-22-2023, 09:28 AM

You do not need to partition it for use in Linux. What happens when you execute the 'mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdi', does it complete?

tet024 · 09-22-2023, 10:17 AM

Nope that's the thing.

Tried ext4, zfs and xfs

With windows format works seamlessly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

You do not need to partition it for use in Linux. What happens when you execute the 'mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdi', does it complete?

michaelk · 09-22-2023, 10:35 AM

Check the output of dmesg command to see if there are any errors for /dev/sdi.
You can not even partition the disk from the command line using fdisk or gdisk?
What version of Ubuntu are you running?
What is the make/model number of the enclosure?

tet024 · 09-22-2023, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Check the output of dmesg command to see if there are any errors for /dev/sdi.
You can not even partition the disk from the command line using fdisk or gdisk?
What version of Ubuntu are you running?
What is the make/model number of the enclosure?

The messages that I see is constant

Unaligned partial completion (resid=25088, sector_sz=4096)

fdisk and gdisk same.

Enclosure - https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Enclosu...0734G79FW?th=1

HDD - https://www.amazon.com/Ultrastar-HC5.../dp/B077NDRQLW

Someone has the same issue it seems :-(

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquesti...isk_enclosure/

TeT

michaelk · 09-22-2023, 12:59 PM

Not much help but:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/y...@oracle.com/t/
https://forums.unraid.net/bug-report...s-in-log-r680/

Arnulf · 09-22-2023, 05:52 PM

Which kernel is in use?
Post device related output of dmesg.
Try latest stable kernel.
Boot into console and try gdisk.

TB0ne · 09-22-2023, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tet024

The messages that I see is constant

Unaligned partial completion (resid=25088, sector_sz=4096)

fdisk and gdisk same. Enclosure - https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Enclosu...0734G79FW?th=1
HDD - https://www.amazon.com/Ultrastar-HC5.../dp/B077NDRQLW

Someone has the same issue it seems :-(

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquesti...isk_enclosure/

Yes...apparently it's the enclosure and the USB to SATA hardware in it. Possible solution is to use a utility called "Hugo":
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.118.2

...and change the block size:
https://forums.servethehome.com/inde...-issues.38070/

You could always sidestep the whole issue, and put the drive directly in your machine, and format/mkfs directly, then shove it back into the enclosure.