A couple of friends have gotten some cheap 3.2TB IBM SSDs. These drives are formatted to 528 bytes.
I’ve tried setting the sector size to 512B from the guide here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/how-to-reformat-520-byte-drives-to-512-bytes-usually/133021
Results of trying to format after zeroing with sg_format:
root@hpe:~# sg_format -v --format --size=512 /dev/sg1
IBM-SSG IBM-SSGSSVK3P2 6214 peripheral_type: disk [0x0]
PROTECT=0
Unit serial number: ZAM155MQ0000822150Z3
LU name: 5000c50030209c8c
mode sense(10) cdb: [5a 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00]
Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes:
block count maxed out, set <<longlba>>
mode sense(10) cdb: [5a 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00]
<<< longlba flag set (64 bit lba) >>>
Number of blocks=6061802635 [0x1694fc48b]
Block size=528 [0x210]
mode select(10) cdb: [55 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 00]
mode select(10):
Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Invalid field in parameter list
Descriptor type: Sense key specific: Field pointer:
Error in Data parameters: byte 21 bit 7
Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x11
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80]
00 00 05 26 00 11 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00
Try MODE SELECT again with SP=0 this time
mode select(10) cdb: [55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 00]
mode select(10):
Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Invalid field in parameter list
Descriptor type: Sense key specific: Field pointer:
Error in Data parameters: byte 21 bit 7
Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x11
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80]
00 00 05 26 00 11 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00
MODE SELECT command: Illegal request, type: sense key, apart from Invalid opcode
I’ve tried it with --six and I have also used the --wait
I’ve also tried openseachest:
root@hpe:~# openSeaChest_Format -d /dev/sg1 --showSupportedFormats
==========================================================================================
openSeaChest_Format - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Format Version: 3.0.0-4_1_1 X86_64
Build Date: Mar 28 2023
Today: Sun Mar 3 13:24:20 2024 User: root
==========================================================================================
/dev/sg1 - IBM-SSGSSVK3P2 - ZAM155MQ0000822150Z3 - 6214 - SCSI
WARNING: Customer unique firmware may have specific requirements that
restrict sector sizes on some products. It may not be possible to format/
fast format to common sizes like 4K or 512B due to these customer requirements.
Supported Logical Block Sizes and Protection Types:
---------------------------------------------------
* - current device format
PI Key:
Y - protection type supported at specified block size
N - protection type not supported at specified block size
? - unable to determine support for protection type at specified block size
Relative performance key:
N/A - relative performance not available.
Best
Better
Good
Degraded
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logical Block Size PI-0 PI-1 PI-2 PI-3 Relative Performance Metadata Size
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
512 Y N N N N/A N/A
520 Y N N N N/A N/A
* 528 Y N N N N/A N/A
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Device is not capable of showing all sizes it supports. Only common
sizes are listed. Please consult the product manual for all supported
combinations.
And when trying to set block size with seachests
root@hpe:~# openSeaChest_Format -d /dev/sg1 --setSectorSize 512 --confirm this-will-erase-data-and-may-render-the-drive-inoperable
==========================================================================================
openSeaChest_Format - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Format Version: 3.0.0-4_1_1 X86_64
Build Date: Mar 28 2023
Today: Sun Mar 3 13:26:17 2024 User: root
==========================================================================================
/dev/sg1 - IBM-SSGSSVK3P2 - ZAM155MQ0000822150Z3 - 6214 - SCSI
Set Sector Size to 512
WARNING: It is not recommended to do this on USB enclosures as not
all USB adapters can handle a 4k sector size.
WARNING (SATA): Do not interrupt this operation once it has started or
it may cause the drive to become unusable. Stop all possible background
activity that would attempt to communicate with the device while this
operation is in progress
Press CTRL-C to cancel this operation before the timer runs out.
0
Setting sector size not supported on this device
For SCSI Drives, try a format unit operation
root@hpe:~# openSeaChest_Format -d /dev/sg1 --formatUnit 512 --confirm this-will-erase-data
==========================================================================================
openSeaChest_Format - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Format Version: 3.0.0-4_1_1 X86_64
Build Date: Mar 28 2023
Today: Sun Mar 3 13:28:09 2024 User: root
==========================================================================================
/dev/sg1 - IBM-SSGSSVK3P2 - ZAM155MQ0000822150Z3 - 6214 - SCSI
Format Unit
Format Unit Failed!
Any suggestions before I just put this drive away in to my cupboard to never be used since I can’t get them to work?
