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saariko
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 SOLVED: SSD disk not visible After I managed to install my whitebox http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2900I am unable to see the SSD disk I have installed. I only see 1TB SATA disk. please advise, thanks.
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: SSD disk not visible Is it listed if you run fdisk -l?
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| Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:19 am |
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible I will need to test tomorrow. 
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible Hi Dave,
Before I installed esxi running fdisk -l I got
[BEFORE]
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEX: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEX doesn't contain a valid partition table
[/BEFORE]
The current results of fdiks -l are:
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEX: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 953869 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp1 5 900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp2 901 4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp3 4996 953870 971647704 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp4 * 1 4 4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp5 5 254 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp6 255 504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp7 505 614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp8 615 900 292848 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
So, I guess I don't see the disk. What changed?
thanks
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible I looked again on the BEFORE output.
Could it be that my SSD was not recognized also than?
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: SSD disk not visible How many SATA ports does the motherboard have? In some cases with Intel controllers not all of the ports seem to work.
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible This is the board I use http://www.gigabyte.com/products/produc ... id=3651#ovStorage specs 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0, SATA3_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 * When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system performance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected. * Does it matter to which SATA I connect?
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible SOLVED
It seems that the power cable was loose on the SSD.
Thank you for the help.
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saariko
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Re: SSD disk not visible ARGH, not solved.
I resecured the SSD power cable, booted the host.
Still, i do not see the SSD disk.
fdisk -l returns the following
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEX: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 953869 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp1 5 900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp2 901 4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp3 4996 953870 971647704 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp4 * 1 4 4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp5 5 254 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp6 255 504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp7 505 614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST31000524AS________________________________________9VPBWJEXp8 615 900 292848 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
This is so weird !!!!!
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: SSD disk not visible If you boot with a Linux Live CD is the disk seen?
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