Chris's questions

I have some drives in my server. Back when I set these up I was using Ubuntu Desktop. Now I am using Ubuntu Server and I'm not quite sure how to format my new drive like I did my old ones. I'm not sure it really matters? But OCD.

My new drive is sdj

$ lsblk --output NAME,UUID,FSTYPE,SIZE,PTTYPE
NAME   UUID                                 FSTYPE     SIZE PTTYPE
loop0                                       squashfs  55.3M
loop1                                       squashfs  69.4M
loop2                                       squashfs  31.1M
loop3                                       squashfs    31M
loop4                                       squashfs  55.4M
loop5                                       squashfs  69.8M
sda                                                  111.8G gpt
├─sda1                                                   1M gpt
└─sda2 172838a7-b2bc-4113-b2f2-f0d3b6a8ea36 ext4     111.8G gpt
sdb    93da0084-063a-49f7-b913-7f64d8404250 ext4     223.6G
sdc                                                    9.1T gpt
└─sdc1 35d167b5-b6d5-471e-aaed-33c516b9b87c xfs        9.1T gpt
sdd                                                    9.1T gpt
└─sdd1 53f86816-a9be-44c2-bbf4-bba9ce2a9be1 xfs        9.1T gpt
sde                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sde1 3a5dcbdf-59d9-49d1-b45e-7516203a4d47 xfs        1.8T gpt
sdf                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdf1 1d45dda3-b61c-4459-be8c-e878734f10cf xfs        1.8T gpt
sdg                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdg1 ae516984-2e2f-4adb-ab3d-b822b9a67d99 xfs        1.8T gpt
sdh                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdh1 d48a0a43-0307-42b3-bf11-5c16e5f89bed xfs        1.8T gpt
sdi                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdi1 1ff9a553-578f-40d5-b666-cc4cf590cf4f xfs        1.8T gpt
sdj                                                    9.1T gpt

I have tried running sudo mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sdj... that removes the "gpt"

sdj    8f0e3185-a87b-42f6-8d8a-692d9b7e90f5 xfs        9.1T

I'd like to make the new drive the same just for consistency, assuming I didn't do the old ones "wrong".

Thanks, Chris

EDIT: I have tried to set the table to gpt, then add a xfs partitions but something weird is happening... it thinks the disk is ntfs and atari...

$ sudo parted /dev/sdj
GNU Parted 3.3
Using /dev/sdj
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mklabel gpt
Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdj will be destroyed and all data on this disk will be
lost. Do you want to continue?
Yes/No? yes
(parted) mkpart primary xfs 0% 100%
(parted) print
Model: ATA WDC WD101EMAZ-11 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdj: 10.0TB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  10.0TB  10.0TB               xfs

(parted) quit
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

$ lsblk --output NAME,UUID,FSTYPE,SIZE,PTTYPE
NAME   UUID                                 FSTYPE     SIZE PTTYPE
loop0                                       squashfs  55.3M
loop1                                       squashfs  69.4M
loop2                                       squashfs  31.1M
loop3                                       squashfs    31M
loop4                                       squashfs  55.4M
loop5                                       squashfs  69.8M
sda                                                  111.8G gpt
├─sda1                                                   1M gpt
└─sda2 172838a7-b2bc-4113-b2f2-f0d3b6a8ea36 ext4     111.8G gpt
sdb    93da0084-063a-49f7-b913-7f64d8404250 ext4     223.6G
sdc                                                    9.1T gpt
└─sdc1 35d167b5-b6d5-471e-aaed-33c516b9b87c xfs        9.1T gpt
sdd                                                    9.1T gpt
└─sdd1 53f86816-a9be-44c2-bbf4-bba9ce2a9be1 xfs        9.1T gpt
sde                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sde1 3a5dcbdf-59d9-49d1-b45e-7516203a4d47 xfs        1.8T gpt
sdf                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdf1 1d45dda3-b61c-4459-be8c-e878734f10cf xfs        1.8T gpt
sdg                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdg1 ae516984-2e2f-4adb-ab3d-b822b9a67d99 xfs        1.8T gpt
sdh                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdh1 d48a0a43-0307-42b3-bf11-5c16e5f89bed xfs        1.8T gpt
sdi                                                    1.8T gpt
└─sdi1 1ff9a553-578f-40d5-b666-cc4cf590cf4f xfs        1.8T gpt
sdj                                                    9.1T gpt
└─sdj1 F8465D75465D361A                     ntfs       9.1T atari

I just picked up a USB 3.0 expansion card for my server. It appears to be detected but none of the devices plugged into it are.

$ lspci | grep -i usb
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)
03:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)


$ lsusbBus
002 Device 005: ID 045e:02d5 Microsoft Corp. Xbox One Digital TV Tuner
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:2001 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard HID Support
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:1001 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1b1c:1b05 Corsair
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0557:2221 ATEN International Co., Ltd Winbond Hermon
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I bought the card specifically for my xbox tuners. There should be 4 listed but it only shows the one thats plugged into a mobo USB port. I tried a mouse and a keyboard on the card but neither worked. You can see a USB 3.0 hub is detected.

Not really sure what to try. Any help is appreciated. Chris

I have 2 Iron Wolf drives that are aggressively spinning down. I have tried turning on the standby feature in "drive settings". I have also run sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdc | grep level and get no output. So I run sudo hdparm -S 120 /dev/sdc and get

/dev/sdc:
 setting standby to 120 (10 minutes)

But nothing. I still see the drive in the "disks" utility with "zzz" immediately after copying a file over to the drive.

Can anyone help?

Thanks, Chris

EDIT: running 18.04

Seen a few posts on this but I can't seem to get any of the suggested solutions to work (rc.local, init.d).

I need to give my user permissions to use dvb devices on startup. I can run chmod -R chris /dev/dvb manually with success, but it would be a lot easier if this was handled automatically at boot. I dont really need to own them I just need permisssions, so whichever solution is best.

Thanks, Chris