I have 5 x Samsung 990 PROs in a Terramaster F8 SSD Plus, but I can't seem to format the disks. I can add to a pool, start an array (empty), and select format, but then nothing happens (it's says "Started formatting" but doesn't do anything).
A couple of commands I entered, and diagnostics attached:
fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 3.64 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 4TB
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9CB959A0-26DB-4609-B75D-5D8A469614C4
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 7814037134 7814035087 3.6T Linux filesystem
and
blkdiscard -f /dev/nvme0n1
blkdiscard: Operation forced, data will be lost!
blkdiscard: BLKDISCARD: /dev/nvme0n1 ioctl failed: No data available
I took the drives from a QNAP, in case they are locked somehow?
My plan is to put these all into a single raidz1 or z2 pool, and maybe expand later.
Any help much appreciated!
zdr-nas-diagnostics-20250111-0032.zip