Secondary Sata hdd recognized as Usb hdd

Alexis67 · August 25, 2018 at 9:26 AM

Hello,

I installed LibreElec for the first time on a new Asrock J5005 based machine

I noticed that my second hard drive is detected as a usb hard drive while it is connected in SATA

Is this a problem linux or kodi? like correct that?

I try in NTFS and Ext4 I have the same result

the LibreElec version install is 8.90.003

Thank you for your response

and sorry for my bad english

**chewitt** · August 25, 2018 at 12:19 PM Official Post

Please provide "dmesg | paste" from a clean boot so we can see what the kernel logs.

Alexis67 · August 25, 2018 at 9:35 PM

hello,

thank you for your reply

The results of the commands "dmesg | paste" :

Quote

http://ix.io/1lef

**chewitt** · August 26, 2018 at 5:03 AM Official Post

dmesg shows 2x SATA controllers with 2x 6.0 Gb/sec and 1x 1.5Gb/sec channels in use with a 120GB (Sandisk SSD) as /dev/sda and 2.0TB (Seagate) drive as /dev/sdb and a BD player for optical media. The 2TB drive has some GPT partition header problems and Linux tends to err on the side of caution to avoid further damage to the filesystem; there's no log messages to suggest it mounted. Log entries are adjacent to some USB related messages but none of your drives show as connected to the USB bus.

Code

[    3.158910] GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk.
[    3.158914] GPT:3907029163 != 3907029167
[    3.158916] GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
[    3.158918] GPT:3907029163 != 3907029167
[    3.158919] GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.

^ fix the problem and the 2TB drive will mount.

Alexis67 · August 26, 2018 at 7:36 AM

Yes the Asrock J5005-ITX as 2x SATA controllers

on the first is connected a 120GB SSD Sandisk and a BD Player

on the second is connected a 2TB HDD Seagate

How can I fix the problem ?

thank you

**chewitt** · August 26, 2018 at 8:54 AM Official Post

I'd boot from an Ubuntu live USB and use gdisk to analyse/repair the GPT tables. See Repairing GPT Disks

I'll also caution that corruption to the partition tables is often an early sign of the drive reaching end-of-life, so once things are repaired make a backup/duplicate of the data - while you still can.

Alexis67 · August 26, 2018 at 9:09 AM

OK, thanks

I test this later in the day and let you know if it works

The hdd is not recent, but has long been in a drawer. I would make a backup as you suggested

Thank you

Alexis67 · August 26, 2018 at 6:40 PM

Hello,

I Fix the GPT Table and reformat in ext4... i've the same problème !!! the HDD is recognized as usb hdd

I teste a reinstall of libreelec = same problem

I teste to convert GPT in MBR = same problem

Under windows 10 (Other PC) the hdd is recognized normally

**chewitt** · August 26, 2018 at 7:42 PM Official Post

Code

[    3.003630] ata3.00: ATA-8: ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD, 2BE10001, max UDMA/133
...
[    3.096836] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST2000LM003 HN-M 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    3.097242] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[    3.097550] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.82 TiB)
[    3.097556] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 4096-byte physical blocks
[    3.097602] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    3.097607] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    3.097720] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    3.159969] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

^ definitely *not* a USB device

run "parted -s /dev/sdb unit s print | paste" then "blkid | paste" and "mount | paste" ..

Alexis67 · August 26, 2018 at 8:01 PM

result :

"parted -s /dev/sdb unit s print | paste" = http://ix.io/1lib

"blkid | paste" = http://ix.io/1lic

"mount | paste" = http://ix.io/1lid

Alexis67 · August 26, 2018 at 8:04 PM

it's possible that the ASROCK J5005-ITX (intel gemini lake) not fully supported by linux ?

**Klojum** · August 26, 2018 at 10:53 PM Official Post

It's always possible... Ask any Asrock J1800/1900 owner running Linux.

**chewitt** · August 27, 2018 at 8:10 AM Official Post

Code

/dev/sdb1 on /var/media/Films type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=1024)

the only issue I can see is PEBKAC .. because /dev/sdb1 is mounted

Alexis67 · August 27, 2018 at 8:36 AM

Yes the HDD is mounted, but kodi recognizes it in usb

what can I do wrong ?

I check parameter in bios ... is not solution ... I reinstall LibreElec ... is not solution ... I remake the partition table in GPT and MBR ... is not solution ...

I think to put my HTPC under windows ... at least I know better than Linux ... But it's a pity

Edit:

J'ai testé avec un autre HDD (Seagate 500gb) le problème est exactement le même celui-ci est aussi reconnu en usb hdd !!

For me it's not the hdd the problem ... Either LibreElec does not support my hardware properly ... Either the second SATA controller is connected to the motherboard in usb, which would be weird

**chewitt** · August 27, 2018 at 2:24 PM Official Post

Maybe Kodi assumes any device in /var/media is removable and shows the USB icon against it? .. I've asked in team chat but nobody answered the question yet. It's not important. Just configure a source for /var/media/Films and use it

Alexis67 · August 27, 2018 at 10:22 PM

Kodi also puts a removable media notification on startup

If it's not important, I'll continue my tests

But it's a shame ... I like to have something proprely

**chewitt** · August 28, 2018 at 6:56 AM Official Post

I've been told that udev is setting a property that marks it as removable and Kodi displays icons based on that propery, but I'll need to dig further to figure out what/where and whether it can be changed. This is really a cosmetic level issue; the drive is correctly mounted and 100% usable, there is nothing 'broken' in that sense.

Alexis67 · August 28, 2018 at 7:14 AM

it's already good news that nothing is broken

thanks