LaCie Rikiki 500GB MS25U

Manufacturer: LaCie

Model: MS25U

Hard drive: 1 TB Samsung HN-M101MBB (was: Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB, model ST9500325AS)

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History

2021-08-26: I re-created this page on my self-hosted web server.

2015-03-18: partition the drive: use a GPT scheme:

root@kg-core1# gpart create -s GPT da0
da0 created

What does it look like now?

root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0
=>        34  1953525101  da0  GPT  (931G)
          34  1953525101       - free -  (931G)

Ok. Use half for FreeBSD:

root@kg-core1# gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 465g da0
da0p1 added

Now it looks like this:

root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0
=>        34  1953525101    da0  GPT  (931G)
          34   975175680  da0p1  freebsd-ufs  (465G)
   975175714   978349421         - free -  (466G)

Use the rest for Linux:

root@kg-core1# gpart add -t linux-data da0
da0p2 added

the final result looks like this:

root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0
=>        34  1953525101    da0  GPT  (931G)
          34   975175680  da0p1  freebsd-ufs  (465G)
   975175714   978349421  da0p2  linux-data  (466G)

Of course, putting relevant filesystems on the two partitions remains.

2015-03-18: testing on my FreeBSD workstation:

tingo@kg-core1$ uname -a
FreeBSD kg-core1.kg4.no 9.3-STABLE FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r273918: Fri Oct 31 22:52:44 CET 2014     root@kg-core1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

usbconfig output:

root@kg-core1# usbconfig -d ugen3.3
ugen3.3: <LaCie Device LaCie> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA)

relevant lines from /var/log/messages:

Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: ugen3.3: <LaCie> at usbus3
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: umass0: <MSC Bulk-Only Transfer> on usbus3
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0100
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:7:0:-1: Attached to scbus7
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0: <SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB > Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0: Serial Number 289B904767FF
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 121601C)
Mar 18 23:55:02 kg-core1 kernel: da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>

so the drive works.

2015-03-18: testing on my Linux laptop:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ uname -a
Linux kg-u35jc 3.2.0-77-generic #112-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 10 15:22:22 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

relevant lines from lsusb output:

Bus 002 Device 008: ID 059f:102a LaCie, Ltd Rikiki Hard Drive

relevant lines from /var/log/messages:

Mar 18 20:26:15 kg-u35jc kernel: [328046.429714] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
Mar 18 20:26:15 kg-u35jc kernel: [328046.524066] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0
Mar 18 20:26:15 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 8: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2"
Mar 18 20:26:15 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 8 was not an MTP device
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.563109] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SAMSUNG  HN-M101MBB            PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.564288] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.564889] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.566077] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.597345]  sdb: unknown partition table
Mar 18 20:26:16 kg-u35jc kernel: [328047.600211] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

good.

2015-03-18: took out the old drive, and mounted the new drive into the box. re-assembled the box.

2015-03-18: this evening, I bought a replacement hard drive at Digital Impuls, a Samsung HN-M101MBB (126868) for NOK 695.- For practical reasons, I used a drive of the same model that I had already (spare drive for one FreeNAS box). Model: HN-M101MBB, rev. A, serial number: S2R8J9HB904767.

2015-03-15: opened up the drive (T9 screws, four of them). Inside is a Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB drive. I remove the "warranty void if broken" sticker and unplug the drive. I plug the drive into another usb-to-sata adapter, but the drive seems dead. I tested the usb-to-sata adapter by plugging another drive in it - the adapter works. Time for a new drive.

2015-03-15: the drive does not detect when connected to usb anymore.

????-??-??: I bought this drive.