CentOS - Apr 2014 - {CentOS} HDD Problem....

Ok....so after installing "smartmontools" on my CentOS machine...and
connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the
short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be "seen"....but
when I
look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.....I'm about to
give the fdisk command line tools anonther shot....it allows me to format
the drive...and to give it a file system...(ext4)....but it doesn't
automaticcaly mount, nor can I format the drive using the Disk Utility in
CEntOS.....I'm going to give D.B.A.N one more try since I was able to
format it from the smartctl command line....hopefully it will "clear"
whaever is locked up. if not...then I'll move onto the other
recommendations and advice given by you "experts"! LoL! Thanks for all
your
help.....will kepp you posted.


EGO II

From: Eddie O'Connor <eoconnor25 at gmail.com>
> Ok....so after installing "smartmontools" on my CentOS
machine...and
> connectiing this drive externally...i got positive reports from both the
> short and long tests...so the drive can obviously be
"seen"....but
> when I
> look for it in the /dev/ directory...it doesn't show up.....I'm
about to
> give the fdisk command line tools anonther shot....it allows me to format
> the drive...and to give it a file system...(ext4)....but it doesn't
> automaticcaly mount, nor can I format the drive using the Disk Utility in
> CEntOS.....I'm going to give D.B.A.N one more try since I was able to
> format it from the smartctl command line....hopefully it will
"clear"
> whaever is locked up.
Is it USB powered?? If so, maybe try another USB port...
Did you check /var/log/messages for detection messages?

JD