XPost: aus.computers   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 12/24/2025 1:41 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > In aus.computers Axel  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> or in a nutshell.. the question now is why did it write to that drive   
   >> and not others? is the size of the drive or it's software/technology   
   >> relevant?   
   >   
   > Maybe that drive (or the NTFS driver) is just too slow for whatever   
   > signal issue you have with the rack to be triggered.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure if they still do it on new HDDs, but maybe there's a   
   > jumper setting on the other drives to limit the speed?   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA#SATA_1.5_Gbit/s_and_SATA_3_Gbit/s   
      
   No guarantees, but maybe an   
      
      lsusb   
      
   and check the detection on the rack, would give   
   some idea of the controller being used.   
      
   That would make it easier to quantify what the rack contains.   
      
   $ lsusb   
      
   Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:076c Microsoft Corp. Comfort Mouse 4500   
   ...   
   Bus 006 Device 002: ID 174c:1053 ASMedia Technology Inc. USB3.0 Device   
      
   bullwinkle@Legacy:~$ sudo dmesg   
      
   [    1.681416] scsi host8: uas   
   [    1.681686] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas   
   [    1.682244] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ASMT     2105             0      
   PQ: 0 ANSI: 6   
   [    1.683985] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 15628053168 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00   
   TB/7.28 TiB)   
   [    1.684041] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 4096-byte physical blocks   
   [    1.684193] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off   
   [    1.684237] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00   
   [    1.684384] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled,   
   doesn't support DPO or FUA   
   [    1.725872] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw   
   xa/form2 cdda tray   
   [    1.725929] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20   
   [    1.730920] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes   
   [    1.730995] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a   
   multiple of preferred minimum block size (4096 bytes)   
   [    1.777719]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 sdb5   
   [    1.778021] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk   
      
   *******   
      
   The 174c:1053 gives:   
      
       ASMedia Technology ASM1053 SATA 3Gb/s bridge   
      
   and it is detecting some 8TB drive.   
      
      Paul   
      
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