So sdb is listed as a 0 B greyed out, unmountable mystery drive with what looks like a placeholder ID.  Where did it come from?  How do I get rid of it?

 

All my drives are otherwise accounted for and listed under the "Main" tab of the web gui.

 

I tried df, fdisk, lsblk, and parted -l commands in the terminal and none of them make any mention of sdb...  Is this a ghost?  Is my system being haunted by a drive from a previous era?

 

 

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by clay_statue

If you provide your diagnostics (Tools / Diagnostics), someone could provide more than an educated guess.

Attach it to your next post.

This is the only relevant part of the syslog.txt that mentions sdb in anyway

 

Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 60088320 512-byte logical blocks: (30.8 GB/28.7 GiB)
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sda: sda1
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     NORELSYS 1081             0    PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov  6 06:58:17 FractalTower kernel: floppy0: no floppy controllers found

 

 

 

1 hour ago, clay_statue said:

This is the only relevant part of the syslog.txt that mentions sdb in anyway

Since you failed to attach the diagnostics zip file as requested, the only guess I can make is that you have a server grade board with a virtual drive typically used for remote management.

That was the file I downloaded from under Tools>Diagnostics that ChatNoir directed me towards.

1 hour ago, clay_statue said:

That was the file I downloaded from under Tools>Diagnostics that ChatNoir directed me towards.

I am confused - you were asked to provide your system's diagnostics zip file that is obtained via Tools -> Diagnostics - I see no sign of that zip file attached to your posts.

I searched the zip file for "sdb" and copy/pasted the relevant text to the forum because I thought it would be helpful to eliminate the extraneous information unrelated to the issues.

 

Here's the whole shebang for you to peruse at your leisure, should you be so inclined.

fractaltower-syslog-20201107-0636.zip

We could also do with all the other files that are part of the zip as they give us more information about your system than is available in the syslog.

Looks like a card reader, maybe included with the case and connected to the internal USB ports?

15 hours ago, JorgeB said:

Looks like a card reader, maybe included with the case and connected to the internal USB ports?

Bingo!  It was the card reader.

 

This thread is solved.