[lug] Gparted doesn't recognize new USB drive

[Maxwell Spangler]

Can we see the output of 

$ lsblk

On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 12:54 -0700, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:17:57 -0700 (MST)
> D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> > Old style BIOS partitions have a master boot record, or MBR. Then
> > GPT
> > came along. Old MBR software was dangerous to GPT partitions
> > because it
> > didn't know what GPT was. So GPT has the option to add a fake MBR
> > which
> > doesn't really do anything other than make old BIOS style software
> > avoid
> > damaging GPT schemes. If software is refusing to operate on the
> > disk due
> > to a protective MBR, then you could completely zero the disk (with
> > dd
> > from /dev/zero), and after that some of the more confused software
> > will
> > function again. But that depends on why things are failing, thus
> > the
> > question on what dmesg shows during USB insert.
> 
> [172200.686184] usb 2-4.3: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 6
> using
> xhci_hcd
> [172231.537318] usb 2-4.3: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe,
> idProduct=6300, bcdDevice= 1.00
> [172231.537323] usb 2-4.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [172231.539755] usb-storage 2-4.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device
> detected
> [172231.540234] scsi host5: usb-storage 2-4.3:1.0
> [172232.562124] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access 2309 PRAM        1.00 PQ:
> 0
> ANSI: 0 CCS
> [172232.562996] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
> [172232.581860] sd 5:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
> 
> Still seems odd that as root, gnome-disks and Gparted don't have the
> option
> to just go ahead and operate on the device. Unless eufi is what's
> actually
> getting in the way. But that seems at odds with using a fake MBR to
> protect
> a GPT scheme.
> 

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Maxwell Spangler
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Denver, Colorado, USA
maxwellspangler.com
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