Indeed. sudo needed. I tend to run sudo su before doing this sort of
work, but recognize the hazards.
JN
On 13-02-27 09:49 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:34:12 -0500
> ed stuckems <edstuck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> n Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Prof J C Nash (U30A)
>> <nas...@uottawa.ca> wrote:
>>> I've noticed that my usb-SATA cables sometimes need to be checked
>>> (pulled apart and reconnected). It looks like
>>
>> reconnected the cable and still nothing.
>>
>>>
>>> fdisk -l
>>>
>>> isn't showing the device? Realize this may be a long shot.
>>
>> actually "parted -s /dev/sd{a,b,c,d,e,f}" is failing to connect to the
>> device. I've shied away from fdisk given that I eventually want to
>> work with a drive that's been formatted with a GUID Partition Table.
>> My understanding is that fdisk doesn't handle GPT formatted drives.
>>
>> The drive is only about 2 years old and has hardly been used so don't
>> worry about long shots. At this point I'll try anything to get it to
>> function again.
>
> Shouldn't that be: sudo fdisk -l
>
> When you plug in the drive, does /dev/disk/ get a new entry?
>
>
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