[SOLVED] Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-15 Thread local10
Aug 14, 2018, 2:30 PM by delop...@gmail.com: > > but why you don't run it in VM or VBox or extract, or use unetbootin? > Yes, eventually I installed unetbootin and got it working with it. Thanks to everyone who responded.

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-15 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 14/08/2018 à 15:31, local10 a écrit : The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7 image, I need to test something quick in windows. The iso file  is a windows 7 image. What kind of Windows 7 image ? An installation DVD image ? AFAIK these ISO images are not hybrid

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, local10 wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:44:26 > From: local10 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition > table > Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:44:40 + (UTC) >

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread deloptes
local10 wrote: > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7 image, > I need to test something quick in windows. The iso file  is a windows 7 > image. is it live windows7 - I have heard rumors that such thing exists? Is it recovery disk? but why you don't run it in VM or

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Nicolas George
local10 (2018-08-14): > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7 > image, I need to test something quick in windows. The iso file  is a > windows 7 image. Then I suspect you would have more luck asking people familiar with windows. Regards, -- Nicolas George sign

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread local10
Aug 14, 2018, 8:47 AM by geo...@nsup.org: > > You can try to mount /dev/sdb itself. > Yes, you're right, I can mount it on /dev/sdb. > > But you are probably doing something wrong in the first place. What is your > > endgame? > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Nicolas George
perblock on > /dev/sdb1) and fdisk says "Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid > partition table". That's kind of strange as I can mount and read > /tmp/winfile.iso and it seems to be in good order. That is perfectly normal, an ISO file is an ISO-9660 filesystem image, i

ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread local10
12 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0000 Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2014-07-04 Thread Doug
On 07/04/2014 11:58 AM, Guillermo Hernandez wrote: hi, you should use de option "n" to create a new partition. Regards, Guillermo The easiest partitioner I know of is gparted. You can download a bootable disk with gparted on it. * Perform actions with partitions such as: o create or d

Re: Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2014-07-04 Thread Guillermo Hernandez
hi, you should use de option "n" to create a new partition. Regards,Guillermo

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-20 Thread lee
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi writes: > lee wrote: > > There are some warnings when I tried to use fdisk to create a new empty DOS > partition table. Do you know how to eliminate the warning? > > $fdisk -v > fdisk (util-linux 2.20.1) > > $sudo fdisk /dev/sdb > Device contains neither a valid DOS partiti

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 sep 12, 23:28:37, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > Warning: invalid flag 0x of partition table 4 will be corrected by > w(rite) Have a look in the syslog for any errors during the create. Make sure the drive has sufficient power. Try partitioning it from a different computer. You

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I once had an USB stick with a broken controller and couldn't partitioning it anymore. It was brand new, gets broken at the day when I used it the first time. It was warranted and I got another USB stick. Perhaps your drive isn't broken, but one cannot rule out the possibility that it's def

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-19 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
: 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0x >> >> Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table > > That is to be expected for a new disk. IIRC, fdisk (or was that > cfdisk?) has an option to start over with an empty partition table. > > Depe

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-19 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 00:27 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: >> /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label > >> 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? > > Yes it is. > > Is there some output if you run > > # parted /dev/sdb > mklabel msdos > So, I did $s

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-18 Thread Mark Allums
On 9/18/2012 4:46 PM, lee wrote: Andrei POPESCU writes: On Ma, 18 sep 12, 19:24:45, lee wrote: 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? Is "msdos" a useful partition type for you? Try "Linux", and if it works, you can try to change it to msdos. Partition *table*, not

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-18 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:46 PM, lee wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: >> On Ma, 18 sep 12, 19:24:45, lee wrote: >>> >>> > 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? >>> >>> Is "msdos" a useful partition type for you? Try "Linux", and if it >>> works, you can try to change it to m

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-18 Thread lee
Andrei POPESCU writes: > On Ma, 18 sep 12, 19:24:45, lee wrote: >> >> > 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? >> >> Is "msdos" a useful partition type for you? Try "Linux", and if it >> works, you can try to change it to msdos. > > Partition *table*, not *type* ;) Are yo

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 sep 12, 19:24:45, lee wrote: > > > 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? > > Is "msdos" a useful partition type for you? Try "Linux", and if it > works, you can try to change it to msdos. Partition *table*, not *type* ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discuss

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-18 Thread lee
750156372992 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149166 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: 0x0000 > > D

Re: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 00:27 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label > 2) Is "msdos" a valid option to choose for this hard drive? Yes it is. Is there some output if you run # parted /dev/sdb mklabel msdos ? Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2012-09-17 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
ers, total 1465149166 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: 0x0000 Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table When I tried gparted, it gives the follow