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
lee wrote: > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi writes: > >> I am trying to parition a new "Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 750 GB >> SATA 3 GB/s 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Internal Bulk/OEM 2.5-Inch Mobile Hard >> Drive" but with no success. >> >> $sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb >> >> Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 7501563729

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
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi writes: > I am trying to parition a new "Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 750 GB SATA > 3 GB/s 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Internal Bulk/OEM 2.5-Inch Mobile Hard Drive" > but with no success. > > $sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156372992 bytes > 255 heads,

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