Re: USB disk not completely configured

[Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%gmail.com@localhost>]

Not that I have an immediate idea, but I have the same concern.  It is
2014, and initializing a disk on a working machine is still an
extremely dangerous operation!  It'd be really nice if some nice user
interface is designed.

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Thomas Klausner <tk%giga.or.at@localhost> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> When I plug in a new disk I bought recently, I get:
>
> umass1 at uhub4 port 8 configuration 1 interface 0
> umass1: Samsung D3 Station, rev 2.10/2.02, addr 5
> umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
> scsibus1 at umass1: 2 targets, 1 lun per target
> inquire: addlen=71, not retrying
> sd5 at scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <Samsung, D3 Station, 0202> disk fixed
> sd5(umass1:0:0:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x00 00 00 00 00 00
>     SENSE KEY:  Not Ready
>      ASC/ASCQ:  Logical Unit Is in Process Of Becoming Ready
>
> sd5: drive offline
> sd5: unable to open device, error = 5
> sd5: fabricating a geometry
>
> but then I get no further devices.
>
> I was able to add a GPT table, and "gpt list /dev/sd5" works, so I can
> manually create wedges using dkctl. It'd be nicer if it was done
> automatically, like usual, though...
>
> Ideas?
>  Thomas