On 10/02/2014 01:57 PM, bruce wrote:
Hi Robert..
So out of curiosity... what were the exact sequence of commands you used!
This is what worked:
fdisk /dev/sdb
x <- this gets you into expert mode.
fi <- this fixes the partition table, but only in memory,
ignoring warnings
r
Hi Robert..
So out of curiosity... what were the exact sequence of commands you used!
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> After more research, I found I was using the wrong fdisk commands.
>
> x
> fi
> r
> w
>
> does it. 'w' does not work in expert mode, nor does it give
After more research, I found I was using the wrong fdisk commands.
x
fi
r
w
does it. 'w' does not work in expert mode, nor does it give a warning
if you do 'fiw' so the changes never got written. You need the 'r' to
first return to the main menu. 'm' for help really helped!
On 10/02/2014
On 10/02/2014 01:44 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been messing around with partitions on a drive and now
physically they are sdb2,sdb3,sdb1. I want to get them in order. the
fdisk xpert fiw does NOT renumber them; it seems to be happy with
things as they are.
Is there anyway to fix thi
I have been messing around with partitions on a drive and now physically
they are sdb2,sdb3,sdb1. I want to get them in order. the fdisk xpert
fiw does NOT renumber them; it seems to be happy with things as they are.
Is there anyway to fix this short of rebuilding the partition table,
careful
