On 09/02/2008, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Adrian Levi: > > On 09/02/2008, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah, I think this stuff (talking to Win*) sucks too. And this is a > > > Win* problem (sorry) but I'm a Debian user, not a Win* user, so I'm > > > ignorant wrt this stuff. 4 Gb pendrive from Staples: > > > > > > (0) phreaque [root] /etc_ fdisk -l /dev/sda > > > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 4103 MB, 4103938560 bytes > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 498 cylinders > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > /dev/sda1 1 38 305203+ b W95 FAT32 > > > /dev/sda2 39 127 714892+ b W95 FAT32 > > > /dev/sda3 * 128 225 787185 83 Linux > > > /dev/sda4 226 498 2192872+ 83 Linux > > > > > > Plugging that into the corporate WinXP laptop only displays the first > > > ca. 300 Mb ptn. Why doesn't it see the 2nd? How have I borked the > > > ptn table? > > > > Please correct me if i'm wrong but I thought that windows could only > > handle one primary partition per device. Perhaps that is where your > > Is that "USB" device? That's new. HDs can handle four primaries, or > three primaries and an extended which holds many logicals. USB is > different? Those are all primaries up there.
Can windows display 4 primary partitions or are you talking about linux? I'm specifically talking about windows' ability to display more than one primary partition on a device be it pen drive, usb hard drive, sata/ide drive. I'f I'm wrong and windows can display more than one primary partition on a device please let me know, I'd love to know. > > problem lies. remake your pendrive with cylinders 39 127 as sda5 > > (extended) and you should be fine I think. > > Ick. Doesn't that mean blowing away ptn4 then three then create > extended and ... (logical ...)? Which I shouldn't really need to do > for my purposes. I just want WinSPIT to see a couple of fat ptns on > the stick so I can transfer files. That's what i'd do next. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
