On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:07 PM, lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Wolodja Wentland <babi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 20:46 +0800, lina wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Wolodja Wentland <babi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 19:14 +0800, lina wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > Could you give us the output of >>> >> > >>> >> > # fdisk -l /dev/sda >>> > >>> > Sorry, I meant "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" >>> >>> # fdisk -l /dev/sdb >>> >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204885504 bytes >>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525167 sectors >>> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>> Disk identifier: 0xa9a5ecc3 >>> >>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>> /dev/sdb1 63 1953520127 976760032+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT >> >> Ok, that is fine. One thing you might want to consider is to create two >> partitions on the drive. That would allow you to use the first with an ext3/4 >> filesystem for Debian and the other with an vfat filesystem for Debian, MS >> Windows and OSX. > > That's exactly what I wished for. > > but I felt I made another silly decisions couple of minutes ago, I > tried to feed the hard drive a bit, > so I am transferring some data into it. >> >> You can use, cfdisk, fdisk, parted and other programs to partition. cfdisk is >> probably easier to user use than fdisk and you can run it with "cfdisk >> /dev/sdb" -- Delete the existing partition and create two new (primary) ones. >> Something like 950GB for ext4 and the rest for vfat might make sense, but >> that >> depends on your usage.
cfdisk there is a bootable option, do I need give a partiation for bootable here? if I need, what's the recommended size? Here, boot means, boot the driver? I feel I don't need. Thanks, >> >> You can then create the ext3/4 filesystem (on /dev/sdb1) with the commands I >> mentioned in my other post and the vfat one with "mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb2". You >> find mkfs.vfat in the dosfstools package. > > I will try. Thanks very much. >> -- >> Wolodja <babi...@gmail.com> >> >> 4096R/CAF14EFC >> 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > lina > -- Best Regards, lina -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAG9cJmnSc2gv=nefvthnpnkzxo5noa_3ot7qc-wdbv9co3c...@mail.gmail.com
