Am 08.03.2013 22:32, schrieb Miller,Jason [Burlington]: > Hello, new Linux user here and I cannot mount a new (empty) WD MyBook > Essentials 3TB USB external hard drive (Model WDBACW0030HBK-NESN).
[ ... ] > My linux OS is CentOS 5.4 x86-64 running on a dedicated HP z400. The WD > MyBook is to back up the large data files we are creating on the HP400 > (it's used to run a DNA sequencer) Your drive is most certainly not compatible with CentOS 5. See https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/5.6_Technical_Notes/index.html#idm14006544 4 kilobyte physical sectors, 4 kilobyte logical sector harddisks 4 kilobyte physical sectors, 4 kilobyte logical sector harddisks require firmware and software modifications to function. This type of 4 kilobytes sector disks is currently not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 In addition: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682928 Regards Alexander _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
