Please provide some information about the hard- and software used.

Box type: DM7025S-160
GUI (enigma1/enigma2): enigma 2
Firmware version:200606231443

your question
I just received two boxes. One has a Seagate drive (ST3160xx) that could be initialized from the GUI. No problem.

The other, has a strange unknown drive, cannot find what brand it is (without opening the box), but I tried by all means to get it working with no results. In a short, I can fdisk or sfdisk it, mkfs.ext3 it, no complaints whatsoever, but when I try to mount it it is not recognized. I can even read from it with dd by the way.

A few logs below for those speaking linux at my level or better. Any help appreciated, thanks.

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root@dm7025:~# hdparm -I /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc:

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: RT2160022ABE
Serial Number: 4JR9BCF3
Firmware Revision: 8.01
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16127 65279
heads 16 1
sectors/track 63 63
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CHS current addressable sectors: 4128449
LBA user addressable sectors: 251657983
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808
device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB)
... etc...

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After deleting all partitions with fdisk, I start from clean state :

root@dm7025:~# sfdisk -l /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty

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Then I partition it, no hassle, just one partition, no swap :

root@dm7025:~# sfdisk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track

sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: unrecognized partition table type
Old situation:
No partitions found
Input in the following format; absent fields get a default value.
<start> <size> <type [E,S,L,X,hex]> <bootable [-,*]> <c,h,s> <c,h,s>
Usually you only need to specify <start> and <size> (and perhaps <type>).

/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 :
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 0+ 19456- 19457- 156288352 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 :
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 :
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 :
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty

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Then I make the FS, using ext3 :

root@dm7025:~# mkfs.ext3 -v -T largefile /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
152704 inodes, 39072088 blocks
1953604 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
1193 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
128 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 32 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

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All seems well right ? but can't mount it at all :

root@dm7025:~# mount -t ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc /media/hdd/
mount: Mounting /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc on /media/hdd failed: Invalid argument

root@dm7025:~# logread
Jun 27 15:27:27 dm7025 user.err kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda.

DOH ! what's going on here

Cheers
Clipper

Doh, sorry I probably messed up my copy/paste or something. Of course I tried to mount the partition, not the disc

root@dm7025:~# mount -t ext3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /media/hdd
mount: Mounting /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /media/hdd failed: Invalid argument
root@dm7025:~# logread
Jun 27 15:57:30 dm7025 auth.info login[1590]: root login on `pts/1'
Jun 27 15:58:07 dm7025 user.err kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda1.

Zitat

Originally posted by DieMade
Hmm, dunno what's going wrong there.

Did you give "smartctl -a /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/" a chance already?

Mmh, I don't have the smartmontools... can I install them somehow ?

root@dm7025:~# smartctl
-sh: smartctl: not found
root@dm7025:~# /bin/busybox smartctl
smartctl: applet not found
root@dm7025:~# find / -name smartctl
root@dm7025:~#

Zitat

The "Model Number: RT2160022ABE" seems somewhat odd to me. Maybe the disc's electronics (or the box) is faulty.

Well, hdparms gives no error and seems ok with the hardware. In addition, the part numbers of Seagate are like ST3160, so RT2160 is quite close. Maybe a chinese counterfeit ?

Thanks for the info. I tried to fix this disk using latest Enigma, and finally I have installed latest Gem*, that's why I was missing smartmontools install. Anyway i got it installed now. Here is the result. Doesn't talk much to me, but I see it doesn't have that strange drive model in its database either... I have sent an email to the reseller to ask what's that strange brand...

root@dm7025:/etc/ipkg# smartctl -a /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
smartctl version 5.33 [mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Warning! Drive Identity Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: RT2160022ABE
Serial Number: 4JR9BCF3
Firmware Version: 8.01
User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 6
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
Local Time is: Tue Jun 27 20:19:39 2006 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

Warning! SMART Attribute Data Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
Warning! SMART Attribute Thresholds Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (15556) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5a) No SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 110) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000e 072 072 006 Old_age Always - 43527556
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0002 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 18
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 036 Old_age Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 253 030 Old_age Always - 8198
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 16
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0012 100 100 096 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 24
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 056 064 000 Old_age Always - 56
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 072 072 000 Old_age Always - 43527556
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0
202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0

Warning! SMART ATA Error Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

Warning! SMART Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

Warning! SMART Selective Self-Test Log Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

Well... ok but why does hdparm seem to just like this drive then ?

Anyway, I'll wait for the reseller's answer. I think he has put some cheap disk in there.

Thanks for your precious help in working out more precisely what the issue was !

root@dm7025:/var# hdparm -I /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc

/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc:

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: RT2160022ABE
Serial Number: 4JR9BCF3
Firmware Revision: 8.01
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16127 65279
heads 16 1
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 4128449
LBA user addressable sectors: 251657983
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808
device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = ?
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 0
DMA: not supported
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* READ BUFFER cmd
* WRITE BUFFER cmd
* Host Protected Area feature set
* Look-ahead
* Write cache
* Power Management feature set
Security Mode feature set
* SMART feature set
* FLUSH CACHE EXT command
* Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* SMART self-test
* SMART error logging
Security:
Master password revision code = 65278
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct

And even an 18 hours long self test did work :-/ really strange

root@dm7025:~# smartctl -l selftest /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
smartctl version 5.33 [mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-4 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Warning! Drive Identity Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
Warning! SMART Attribute Data Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
Warning! SMART Attribute Thresholds Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 18 -

Reply from the reseller :

Zitat

Thanks for your mail. We only build the 7025 with seagate drives, so if you open the box you should see a seagate drive. I think the drive is faulty, do you want to send me the drive and then I can exchange it for you ? --Alekos

Isn't that great when it's so simple ? I love my reseller.