From: Jack Dao on
On Dec 22, 9:26 pm, Jack Dao <d...(a)snakebrook.com> wrote:
> I have a USB drive connected to a SunBlade 150. I turn off all
> external drive boxes. I reinstall the OS and now I find that I can't
> mount 1 of the drives in a 4 disc external drive box. All other drives
> mount OK.
>
> # mount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2 /sata2
> mount: I/O error
> mount: Cannot mount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2
> #
> #
> # fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
> Can't open /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2: I/O error
>
> # ls -l /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          57 Dec 22 20:11 /dev/dsk/
> c2t0d0s2 -> ../../devices/pci(a)1f,0/pci@5/usb@2,2/storage@4/disk@0,0:c
>
> # rmformat -l
> Looking for devices...
>      1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2
>         Physical Node: /pci(a)1f,0/ide@d/sd@1,0
>         Connected Device: PIONEER  16X DVD-ROM      1.21
>         Device Type: DVD Reader
>      2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
>         Physical Node: /pci(a)1f,0/pci@5/usb@2,2/storage@4/disk@0,0
>         Connected Device: ST310005 28AS
>         Device Type: Removable
>      3. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d1s2
>         Physical Node: /pci(a)1f,0/pci@5/usb@2,2/storage@4/disk@0,1
>         Connected Device: WDC WD30 00JS-00PDB0
>         Device Type: Removable
>      4. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d2s2
>         Physical Node: /pci(a)1f,0/pci@5/usb@2,2/storage@4/disk@0,2
>         Connected Device: ST330083 1AS
>         Device Type: Removable
>      5. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d3s2
>         Physical Node: /pci(a)1f,0/pci@5/usb@2,2/storage@4/disk@0,3
>         Connected Device: WDC WD30 00JS-00PDB0
>         Device Type: Removable
>
> I can't seem to do anything with it. Any suggestions on what I can do?
>
> Thanks, Dan


Using the output of prtvtoc:

# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
* /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2 partition map
*
* Dimensions:
* 512 bytes/sector
* 1953525168 sectors
* 1953525101 accessible sectors
*
* Flags:
* 1: unmountable
* 10: read-only
*
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 34 262144 262177
1 3 01 262178 262144 524321
6 4 00 524322 1952984428 1953508749
8 11 00 1953508750 16384 1953525133



I find that I dod not create a filesystem on the '2' partition, but
rather the '6' partition. This was because it is a 1TB disk and for
some reason I couldn't create a 1TB filesysteon on '2', but on;y '6'.

All is well now. Thanks for reading.

/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s6 961710839 579466200 372627531 61% /sata2



Dan