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SATA II or SATA III [closed]
I'd like some help to understand this odd SATA setting.
I have a Samsung 550P5C (ad1 - Brazil model) and I'm not sure if I have SATA III support.
According to Intel, the chipset HM76 do support SATA ...
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Stop/Switch eSATA hotpluggable disk
I would like to know what would be the best practices to start/stop/switch safely an eSATA disk.
First : i've read this post : Safely removing eSATA disks but the given and accepted answer does not ...
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Failure to recognize internal SSD while installing 13.04
I'm trying to upgrade my Toshiba Satellite A135-S2246 laptop, running Windows 7, to Ubuntu-13.04, but my internal SSD is not recognized. From dmesg:
[ 9.100085] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps ...
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Best configuration for 1 SSD and 2 HDD's?
I'm going to be buying a sata 3 motherboard (Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3) and a new SSD (SATA 3) as my boot/programs disk.
In addition, I will be using my 2 old maxtor diamondback 10's (7200 - 300gb each) ...
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After installing ubuntu 13.04 on Asus M5A99 XEVO MB won't boot doesn't see sata drive
After installing ubuntu 13.04 on Asus M5A99X EVO MB, ubuntu won't boot and doesn't see sata drive on reboot. The install goes great and it sees the hard drive and installs without a problem. On ...
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Transfer speeds - running Ubuntu from external HDD via eSATA
Would it be too slow to run Ubuntu from an external HDD via eSATA or would I not tell the difference?
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Ubuntu on Windows (WUBI)
I have recently installed Ubuntu on my Mac running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit using Boot Camp and every time I boot into Ubuntu, I login like normal and it freezes up and doesn't work. I have 4gb of ...
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/dev/sdb SATA-disk does not even show up in syslogs if I plug it in while machine is running
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an Intel machine:, uname -a gives
3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP [..] x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The mainboard is a Intel S3420GP board.
Until recently, I cannot ...
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Is there an application in the software center to find out if my laptop supports SATA III?
I am about to buy a new HDD and would like to find out if my laptop supports SATA3 or only SATA2. Unfortunately, I have no clue how to do so.
NOTE: here is the info what "hardinfo" gave me on the ...
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I have 4029 bad sectors. Should I worry?
My SATA drive is from 2009 and has been under some circumstances where it's not "Pleasant" for the drive, such as blackouts (lots of them).
On Ubuntu 12.04 SMART reported 4029 bad sectors. I often do ...
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Formatting a drive in windows 7 before installing ubuntu from bootable dvd
Pretty simple question i think.
I am going to install a 2terabyta SATA drive in my PC, I want to partion it using windows disk manager (a 500gig for Ubuntu the other 1500 for storage)
If i choose ...
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How to access a harddisk on a controller “ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1061 SATA IDE”
I am using a system with two controllers. lspci give me the following lines:
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
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How to make my disk visible?
I have:
System: Ubuntu x64 3.5.0-23-generic
Hardware: Dell D630 and SATAII mini-pcie controller sil3132
...and huge problem, because my disk connected to this controller is not detected.
sudo ...
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rSync two SATA drives very slow
I'm trying to run an rSync backup of one SATA drive to another SATA drive, this is a brand new installation and it's copying fine but very slow for what I would expect of SATA.
I'm only getting ...
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ubuntu 12.10 asus p5b can see the sata hdd but not the pata hdd (jmb363 controler)
i have a asus p5b board in the sata hdd are the ubuntu 12.10 and the pata hdd for data but can see the pata unit in the system the others partitions of the sata are well and can work in they, the dvd ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not seeing my SATA drives
I'm trying to install Ubuntu onto a new SATA drive. I'm using a LinuxLive USB stick with 12.04. During the install process it gets to the step where it asks me to pick a root partition, no hard drives ...
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Cannot reconnect Sata Hard Drive after 12.04 installation
Just installed 12.04 (fresh install). I had remove my second HD for safety reason (The two drive are exactly the same - too easy to mix up- been there done that).
So, all my personal data is on this ...
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Good spindown for HDD on Media/NAS server
I am running a small media server that also doubles as a NAS drive in my house. I use it to host my Plex library along with my Subsonic library for Roku and my Droid's. It's a real simple ATOM server ...
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Safely removing eSATA disks
Is there any way to safely remove any external disk connected via eSATA?
Disks make an ugly noise when unplugged, even if there are no mounted partitions...
I found somewhere this little command:
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Can I prevent an IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command to a specific device at boot?
This is related to a previous question related to installation that is now resolved. I'm opening a new question, because I still need to get my DVD drive working.
Problem:
Failed boot when my ASUS ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 install - failed: command IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
Trying to install from CD desktop image and getting:
ata8.00: exception Emask 0x52 Sact 0x0 SErr 0xffffffff action 0xe frozen
ata8: SError: { blah blah }
ata8.00: failed command: IDENTIFY PACKET ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu 12.10 on Asus X401U help needed
I have a SATA with 320gb running Windows 8 I am trying to dual boot.
I tried Installing It through a USB but received this message. Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda2' failed. I tried using the ...
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Wrong partitions in one USB HDD enclosure, good in another
1) My old HDD (in USB3 enclosure) is on the verge of failing so I bought a new one (almost exactly the same 1TB WD) with a separate enclosure (they only had USB2, so it's USB2, slow).
2) I partitioned ...
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OCZ Agility 3 SSD has a link speed of 1.5 Gbps in Kubuntu 12.10
I have a couple of drives installed. A standard 7200rpm hard drive is reporting a link speed of 3 Gbps in dmesg. The Agility 3 SSD is reporting 1.5Gbps.
Using hdparm gives the following results:
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What SATA version does my mainboard have, I or II?
this seems trivial but neither
Information about SATA, IDE (PATA) controllers
lspci, lshw, nor gnome-disk-utility
can tell me if the SATA ports on my mainboard are SATA I, II or even III.
output ...
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SATA Hard Drives in won't format in Raid / Disappear sometimes
I am trying to setup a new computer with a software raid0. I am running 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04. I have my OS installed on a PATA Hard Drive, and 4 SATA 2TB Hitachi Drives to be raided. The Motherboard ...
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Adding additional internal drive to fresh install (format/partioning/mounting questions) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add an additional hard drive?
I think this is simple, but want to make sure I am doing everything right.
I have a fresh 12.04 install on my 750GB sata internal ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 hotplug SATA automount
How do I get Ubuntu Server to recognize and automount a hotplugged SATA drive?
AHCI is on and I can manually mount but as this device is destined to be a headless device used by people with no clue ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12 on SATA III drive
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a SATA III drive however the installer will not recognize my drive in the guided (dual-boot) install. I have changed the controller from IDE to AHCI to no avail, ...
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Why does plugging in an eSATA cable cause Ubuntu to forget about an internal drive?
When I plug an eSATA cable into the external eSATA port that is attached to my motherboard (Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3), the internal SATA drive that my root partition is on is seemingly ...
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Why do my hardrives change dev links?
With every boot my HDDs randomly change places, as in sometimes my root partition is on sda, while other times it books on sdb.Its really not bothersome as I use UUID for fstab and such, but its ...
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LiveCD Boot/Install
I have recently built a new computer and have been looking to dual-boot alongside Windows. Trying to boot/install off Ubuntu/Dedora/Arch live CDs has failed across all distros and I keep getting the ...
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How to figure out why a SATA hard-drive wont show in /dev/ and (therefore) wont mount
I had an external hard-drive which got messed up. I then opened it and plugged the SATA-Hard-Drive directly into my computer. But after boot it is just showing my IDE-Hard-Drive on which the OS is. No ...
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HDD performance is slow in ubuntu
I am running ubuntu 12.04(32 bit). Suddenly after a reboot my laptop did not detect HDD. After couple of restart it failed to detect HDD. Then i change sata mode to IDE from AHCI in BIOS. Then it ...
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Why are both old and new optical drives not detected in Ubuntu or in Windows?
I'm running 12.04LTS.
So I asked this same question on the ubuntuforums and was recommended to get a new drive. I've done that and still have the same problem. Here's the original ...
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My Ubuntu 12.04 installed DVD-RW recorder PATA as SCSI
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installed DVD-RW recorder PATA as SCSI. My DVD-RW recorder is in /dev/sr0 as SCSI. I opened Disk Management and my IDE PATA drive is installed as SCSI. I can't use this drive ...
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Problem with external sata hdd
My PC can't read external sata hdd which i took off the old lap-top. I bought case for sata hdd which work on USB 2.0 . At my other PC and friends PC it worked ok, because he have and windows and ...
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How do I target a specific driver for libata kernel parameter modding?
Sorry for the cryptic title. Not sure how to phrase it.
This is it in a nutshell: I'm running a 22-disk setup, 19 of those in a ZFS array, 15 of those backed by three port multipliers attached to ...
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PCI SATA controller recommendation
I want to add a couple of SATA drives using a PCI SATA controller. Do you have any recommendations for me that will work with 12.04?
Many thanks
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Are these sata errors dangerous?
I'm getting these errors ramdomly, and I don't know if its normal or not.
[39441.061856] ata3.00: failed to read SCR 1 (Emask=0x40)
[39441.061866] ata3.01: failed to read SCR 1 (Emask=0x40)
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How to get my windows docs ; pics, mp3, and docs off an external usb hard drive (sata 3.5 enclosure)
Back when I had windows 7, I cloned my internal hard drive to an enclosed external usb hard drive. I then formatted my internal hard drive and installed ubuntu 11.10 as my only OS. How do I migrate my ...
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How to modify/fix incorrectly detected dmraid (FakeRaid) RAID 10 array
I'm trying to get dmraid to properly detect an existing RAID 10 array, which is working fine within windows 7. In summary, the drive setup and bios partitioning is as following:
2 x SSD (120 GB), ...
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Mysterious Hard Disk Failure?
My new 1,5 TB ext4 Hard Disk makes mysterious noises and fails to read and write. But not always. Sometimes it just works. But then I get those following errors. Does anyone know a solution for that ...
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Only 746.52 GB of 3TB drive is seen when accessed via USB enclosure. Works fine internally
I have a Mediasonic Smart Drive SuperSpeed 3.5" SATA HDD External Enclosure - USB 3.0 [HD6-SU3-BK]. It has the VIA VL700 - Super-Speed USB 3.0 to SATA controller which is supposed to support 3TB ...
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How to know if hard drive supports Sata3 (6Gb/s)
What tool can I use to see if a hard drive supports Sata3 (6Gb/s)
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Installed sata drive but I cannot see it when using command blkid
I have ubuntu server running of usb flash drive. I installed sata drive connected everything and fired the server up, but I cannot find the new drive when using blkid command.
is there any other way ...
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how can I install this new pci card with sata ports? [closed]
I am trying to install this new PCI card:
http://www.nilox.es/scheda/nilox/PCI-1SATA.htm
But I do not know how to identify it when running the lspci command, it does not seem to be in the list. ...
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Clean install HD problems
Just got a brand new box (MSI H61M motherboard) and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on it from a CD I just burned.
Right off the bat, if I try to install from CD it loads directly into BusyBox ...
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How to fix a COMRESET failed error?
After a new install on my newly-built HTPC, I can't boot! I end up in initramfs every time, and get lots of ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=16)
Full error here:
ata2.00 exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 ...
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AT3IONT3-I Boot from USB
I'm trying to get my HTPC I've built to run ubuntu. For some reason, when I try to boot from USB I get this weird graphical error. Tweaking the bios a little more tells me that it can't find anything ...
