TheDutchman
July 8th, 2013, 04:54 PM
Dear community,
For my new computer I've opted for a Linux-Windows dualboot. I use a Samsung 256GB Pro SSD for Win 8 and a OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD for Linux. I also have 4x WD30EFRX (RED) configured on the Intel Onboard RAID-controller as 1 single 6TB volume called "Storage". (
I've initialised my RAID-volume using Intel Storage Technology app in Win8 as 1 single 6TB NTFS volume. It works fast and fine, however I cannot get the volume to display/mount in my Ubuntu.
I am using 12.04LTS with XFCE4 and Cairo-Dock+Synapse. Kernel version is 3.5.0-36-generic.
I've tried allot with dmraid and mdadm (But I think I only have to use dmraid because I'm trying to detect and not create).
Some usefull prompts:
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:/$ cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu precise (12.04.2 LTS)"
VERSION_ID="12.04"
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30e7e9c1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 718847 358400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 718848 500115455 249698304 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 363376 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdc: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 363376 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sdd: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sde'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sde: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sde doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdf: 115.0 GB, 115033153536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13985 cylinders, total 224674128 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d187b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 205142014 224673791 9765889 5 Extended
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sdf2 * 2048 205139967 102568960 83 Linux
/dev/sdf5 205142016 224673791 9765888 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0: 801.5 GB, 801548406784 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 97068 cylinders, total 1565524232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0p1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1: 801.5 GB, 801548406784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 97449 cylinders, total 1565524232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage: 1603.1 GB, 1603096805376 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 194137 cylinders, total 3131048448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 131072 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1: 134 MB, 134217728 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16 cylinders, total 262144 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 131072 bytes
Alignment offset: 48128 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
I cannot figure out why the isw_bdhbggeecg_StorageXX gets detected wrongfully ? Why 4 ?
Even if I delete the files in /dev/mapper/ after a reboot I still get the same files.
It is my first time using RAID and I did need a couple of tries to get it right, maybe this causes the 4 entries?
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo dmraid -r
/dev/sde: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdd: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdc: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdb: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo dmraid -ay
RAID set "isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage" already active
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:/dev/mapper$ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Jul 8 2013 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4880 Jul 8 16:57 ..
crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jul 8 16:45 control
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:57 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage -> ../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:45 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0 -> ../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:57 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 -> ../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:45 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1 -> ../dm-1
When I try double-clicking "isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage" as root (sudo nautilus) I get the following error:
Could not display "/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage".
There is no application installed for block device files.
Do you want to search for an application to open this file?
I've also installed the ntfs-3g package and the NTFS Configuration Tool but I can't get things going. Any advice ?
For my new computer I've opted for a Linux-Windows dualboot. I use a Samsung 256GB Pro SSD for Win 8 and a OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD for Linux. I also have 4x WD30EFRX (RED) configured on the Intel Onboard RAID-controller as 1 single 6TB volume called "Storage". (
I've initialised my RAID-volume using Intel Storage Technology app in Win8 as 1 single 6TB NTFS volume. It works fast and fine, however I cannot get the volume to display/mount in my Ubuntu.
I am using 12.04LTS with XFCE4 and Cairo-Dock+Synapse. Kernel version is 3.5.0-36-generic.
I've tried allot with dmraid and mdadm (But I think I only have to use dmraid because I'm trying to detect and not create).
Some usefull prompts:
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:/$ cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu precise (12.04.2 LTS)"
VERSION_ID="12.04"
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30e7e9c1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 718847 358400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 718848 500115455 249698304 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 363376 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdc'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdc: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 363376 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sdd: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sde'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sde: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sde doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdf: 115.0 GB, 115033153536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13985 cylinders, total 224674128 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d187b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 205142014 224673791 9765889 5 Extended
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sdf2 * 2048 205139967 102568960 83 Linux
/dev/sdf5 205142016 224673791 9765888 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0: 801.5 GB, 801548406784 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 97068 cylinders, total 1565524232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0p1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1: 801.5 GB, 801548406784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 97449 cylinders, total 1565524232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage: 1603.1 GB, 1603096805376 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 194137 cylinders, total 3131048448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 131072 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1: 134 MB, 134217728 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16 cylinders, total 262144 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 65536 bytes / 131072 bytes
Alignment offset: 48128 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
I cannot figure out why the isw_bdhbggeecg_StorageXX gets detected wrongfully ? Why 4 ?
Even if I delete the files in /dev/mapper/ after a reboot I still get the same files.
It is my first time using RAID and I did need a couple of tries to get it right, maybe this causes the 4 entries?
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo dmraid -r
/dev/sde: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdd: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdc: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
/dev/sdb: isw, "isw_bdhbggeecg", GROUP, ok, 5860533166 sectors, data@ 0
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:~$ sudo dmraid -ay
RAID set "isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage" already active
jan@jan-Z87X-UD5H:/dev/mapper$ ls -la
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 Jul 8 2013 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4880 Jul 8 16:57 ..
crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jul 8 16:45 control
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:57 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage -> ../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:45 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-0 -> ../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:57 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage1 -> ../dm-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 8 16:45 isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage-1 -> ../dm-1
When I try double-clicking "isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage" as root (sudo nautilus) I get the following error:
Could not display "/dev/mapper/isw_bdhbggeecg_Storage".
There is no application installed for block device files.
Do you want to search for an application to open this file?
I've also installed the ntfs-3g package and the NTFS Configuration Tool but I can't get things going. Any advice ?