Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
> # cfdisk -Ps
> FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial
> cylinder
>
Hi,
the error response shows incorrect partition # (it should be 3).
A patch has been submitted to cfdisk.
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Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wed August 4 2010, Clive Hills wrote:
>
>> 3 Primary 615401955 625137344 0 9735390 CP/M / CTOS / . (DB)
>> None
>>
>>
>> What I find amazing in all of this is that no one has asked what 's on
>> sda3. I mean CPM/CTOS. That's pretty unlikely in 2010! Wha
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On 08/06/2010 11:24 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Gregory Hosler wrote:
>
>> may, in fact, not be reclaimable -- in Linux, partitioning is usually done on
>> cyl boundaries).
>
> Would you expound on that a bit?
The default behav
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Gregory Hosler wrote:
> may, in fact, not be reclaimable -- in Linux, partitioning is usually done on
> cyl boundaries).
Would you expound on that a bit?
I've often seen *fdisk complain that a partition
did not end on a cyl boundary.
I've also read that cyl boundaries are not
Gregory Hosler redhat.com> writes:
> ...
Hi,
FYI. This is from the dev team member.
From: Karel Zak
Subject: Re: cfdisk - logical partition
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng
Date: 2010-08-06 13:18:37 GMT (35 minutes ago)
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:26:27PM +0200, J B wrote:
> Exam
On Fri August 6 2010, JB wrote:
> Paul,
> but the disk we debugged together recently (the one with your Media Direct)
> was after that partitioned with F13 live cd (anaconda) ?
yes! and working fine right now!
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On 08/06/2010 04:49 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:55:05 + (UTC), JB wrote:
>
>> JB yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>> Hi,
>> let me follow the previous post with another example.
>>
>> One more "rule to follow" with regard to partitio
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On 08/06/2010 11:55 AM, JB wrote:
> JB yahoo.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
> let me follow the previous post with another example.
>
> One more "rule to follow" with regard to partitions:
> http://www.lissot.net/partition/partition-03.html
> ...
> Unlike pri
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Thu August 5 2010, JB wrote:
> > Now another example of a disk layout (also Paul Cartwright's, but a
> > different computer - Dell XPS desktops):
> > Btw Paul, is that disk also partitioned by Anaconda tool ?
>
> no, that was done by Debian I thin
On Thu August 5 2010, JB wrote:
> Now another example of a disk layout (also Paul Cartwright's, but a
> different computer - Dell XPS desktops):
> Btw Paul, is that disk also partitioned by Anaconda tool ?
no, that was done by Debian I think.. I think.. that was a few years ago 4-5
maybe..
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:55:05 + (UTC), JB wrote:
> JB yahoo.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
> let me follow the previous post with another example.
>
> One more "rule to follow" with regard to partitions:
> http://www.lissot.net/partition/partition-03.html
> ...
> Unlike primary partitions, logical part
JB yahoo.com> writes:
Hi,
let me follow the previous post with another example.
One more "rule to follow" with regard to partitions:
http://www.lissot.net/partition/partition-03.html
...
Unlike primary partitions, logical partitions must be contiguous. Each logical
partition contains a pointer t
On Wed August 4 2010, Clive Hills wrote:
> 3 Primary 615401955 625137344 0 9735390 CP/M / CTOS / . (DB)
> None
>
>
> What I find amazing in all of this is that no one has asked what 's on
> sda3. I mean CPM/CTOS. That's pretty unlikely in 2010! What does that
> partition contain?
> -
>
> cfdisk -Ps
> Partition Table for /dev/sda
>
> First Last
> # Type Sector Sector OffsetLength Filesystem Type (ID)
> Flag
> -- --- --- --- -- ---
>
> 1 Primary 0 128519 63 1
On Tuesday, 03 August, 2010 @10:57 zulu, Paul Cartwright scribed:
> On Mon August 2 2010, Darr wrote:
>> However, if that is the hard disk that came in your Dell,
>> MediaDirect is ALREADY installed... you just can't see
>> it because from the factory it was installed in a hidden
>> partition at t
On Tue August 3 2010, JB wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> could you please give me an output of:
> # cfdisk -Ps
cfdisk -Ps
Partition Table for /dev/sda
First Last
# Type Sector Sector OffsetLength Filesystem Type (ID)
Flag
-- --- --- --- -- ---
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
> here is my Dell XPS desktops fdisk:
> ...
Hi Paul,
could you please give me an output of:
# cfdisk -Ps
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On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 19:29 -0400, Darr wrote:
> MediaDirect 1 and 2 were installed in hidden partitions that
> partitioning utils simply cannot see.
That would depend on the tools that you use.
Various tools can show hidden partitions. They're not hidden from drive
prepping tools, they're jus
On Tue August 3 2010, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> I beg to differ on that. My Dell Studio 1745 which came with the "hidden"
> partition shows up clearly in Gparted (PartedMagic). Found that out the
> hard way when the windblows 7 blew up and the restore function failed.
> Something had creames that "
On Mon August 2 2010, Darr wrote:
> However, if that is the hard disk that came in your Dell,
> MediaDirect is ALREADY installed... you just can't see
> it because from the factory it was installed in a hidden
> partition at the end. In that cased all you should need to
> do is fix LBA0 - the MBR -
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:29:22 -0400
"Darr" wrote:
> On Monday, 02 August, 2010 @12:46 zulu, Paul Cartwright scribed:
>
> > not a matter of getting RID of it, it's GONE, since I redid my
> > partitions.. reclaimed space :)
> > wonder what happens if I press that button NOW..."NO, DON'T DO IT
> > :-
On Mon August 2 2010, Darr wrote:
> > not a matter of getting RID of it, it's GONE, since I redid my
> > partitions.. reclaimed space :)
> > wonder what happens if I press that button NOW..."NO, DON'T DO IT
> >
> > :-0)"
>
> If that's the drive that came in your Dell, no - you didn't get rid of it.
On Monday, 02 August, 2010 @12:46 zulu, Paul Cartwright scribed:
> not a matter of getting RID of it, it's GONE, since I redid my
> partitions.. reclaimed space :)
> wonder what happens if I press that button NOW..."NO, DON'T DO IT
> :-0)"
If that's the drive that came in your Dell, no - you didn
Hi Paul,
First, just to be clear, MediaDirect is like its own OS.
When you use the MediaDirect button from the off state,
it sets a bit that's detected when the MBR is loaded (just
like Ctrl+F11 does to access the restore partition), then
makes the hidden partition active and boots MediaDirect.
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 08:46 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> wonder what happens if I press that button NOW..."NO, DON'T DO
> IT :-0)"
I wouldn't.
I've read tales of people who've pressed such buttons. The computer has
some simple firmware that loads software from certain partitions. If
your dri
On Mon August 2 2010, Tim wrote:
> Do you use it?
>
> Is yours one of those computers with buttons that specially boot up the
> computer from the special partition, and get upset when it's not
> present, and the button is somewhere that you might accidentally press?
>
yeah, I think I actually press
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 06:44 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> now how do I get my media-direct partition back:)
> or really, do I NEED it..
Do you use it?
Is yours one of those computers with buttons that specially boot up the
computer from the special partition, and get upset when it's not
present
On Mon August 2 2010, JB wrote:
> I think your instict is telling you the right thing.
> Stick with us, Linux/UNIX boyz and girls, and soon you will forget there is
> anything like Windows on your hard disk.
> I did it long time ago -:)
well, I've been using linux on my desktop for many ye
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Mon August 2 2010, JB wrote:
> > this thread (investigation) proves that people should be more careful in
> > generalizing solutions ("... removing all the existing partitions ...").
> > Time permitting, a step-by-step (partition-by-partition) appr
Gregory Hosler redhat.com> writes:
> ...
> The partitions created in the extended partition are commonly refereed to as
> "logical partitions". In Linux you may have up to 11 logical partitions.
> ...
> Any disk in the extended partition that is not mapped by a logical
> partition, is
On Mon August 2 2010, JB wrote:
> this thread (investigation) proves that people should be more careful in
> generalizing solutions ("... removing all the existing partitions ...").
> Time permitting, a step-by-step (partition-by-partition) approach to
> removal and reorganization (incl. resizing)
On Mon August 2 2010, JB wrote:
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sdb1 1 1011 2005793 b W95 FAT32
>
> What is it ?
oh, sorry, I had plugged in a USB stick to transfer the screen shot of cfdisk!
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On Mon August 2 2010, Darr wrote:
> >> Does your Dell have a MediaDirect button next to the Power button,
> >> Paul?
> >
> > I have media buttons on the front of my laptop, to play, sound
> > up/down... I think it is windows Media center version, I think.. I
>
> If your Dell has a DirectMedia butto
On Sun August 1 2010, Darr wrote:
> > Does mediaDirect need 1308MB (i.e. 1.3 GB)
> > be unallocated or was that a typo?
>
do I NEED media-direct installed?
> It usually takes tools supplied by the disk manufacturer
> to restore the HDD to its original capacity after MediaDirect
> has been install
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 08:54:39 + (UTC), JB wrote:
> Also note the following in 'cfdisk -Ps' output:
> - entries are in disk order (as opposed to 'fdisk -l')
Which doesn't imply that it would be a good thing.
Btw, fdisk can fix the partition table order in expert mode with 'f'.
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Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
Hi,
what a nice and educational set of outputs.
I think some final thoughts are justified.
Anybody who tries to diminish the value of cfdisk, also in diagnosing problems
(by ignoring its warning/error messages), is misleading.
$ man fdisk
JB yahoo.com> writes:
> ...
> Solution.
> To fix the above issue, you should correct the present disk layout. You can
> perform this by removing all the existing partitions and creating new ones.
>
> Stay tuned.
> JB
>
Hi,
this thread (investigation) proves that people should be more careful
On Sunday, 01 August, 2010 @21:10 zulu, Paul Cartwright scribed:
>> Does your Dell have a MediaDirect button next to the Power button,
>> Paul?
> I have media buttons on the front of my laptop, to play, sound
> up/down... I think it is windows Media center version, I think.. I
If your Dell has
On Sunday, 01 August, 2010 @16:34 zulu, Gregory Hosler scribed:
> Then you weren't looking closely.
>
> - From the original post:
>
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1446235840983
On Sunday, 01 August, 2010 @15:04 zulu, JD scribed:
> Does mediaDirect need 1308MB (i.e. 1.3 GB)
> be unallocated or was that a typo?
Not a typo... some people recommended leaving 2GB
unallocated, but instructions I found elsewhere were
specific about 1308MB (that's 1.27GiB, btw). Dell
doesn't g
On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> ... I mean wonders happen if you really try :-)))
I've BEEN trying, just took a while to get the RIGHT answer:)
>
> Btw, settle down with regular partitions layout first.
> Forget LVM for now, it may get you into trouble again ...
>
> Let us know about that 'cfdis
On Sun August 1 2010, Darr wrote:
> I prefer using the gnome partition editor, myself (rather than
> partition magic)... it gives a nice user-friendly GUI so you
> can see what you're doing. The version I use comes in a
> 261MB bootable ISO from http://sysresccd.org/Download
> so the file systems c
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On 08/01/2010 10:47 PM, Darr wrote:
> On Sunday, 01 August, 2010 @04:08 zulu, Gregory Hosler scribed:
>
>> Now, looking at your logical partitions (with minor rearrangement to
>> make things more obvious):
>>
>>> /dev/sda54718 --> 5961
On 08/01/2010 07:47 AM, Darr wrote:
> snip...
> I'm wondering if the OP needs to 'unallocate' 1308MB on the
> end of the disk for CyberLink's MediaDirect (a real battery
> stretcher when using the laptop as a portable DVD player,
> since it let's you watch them without fully loading an OS).
>
> D
On Sunday, 01 August, 2010 @04:08 zulu, Gregory Hosler scribed:
> Now, looking at your logical partitions (with minor rearrangement to
> make things more obvious):
>
>> /dev/sda54718 --> 5961 9989120 83 Linux
>> /dev/sda65962 --> 809417133291 83 Linux
>
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> > You can consider nuking everything except Win XP partition and then
> > organize it properly for the next 10 years or so ... with smartly
> > preallocated primary partitions and the extended one.
> > Somehaow I hope
On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> You can consider nuking everything except Win XP partition and then
> organize it properly for the next 10 years or so ... with smartly
> preallocated primary partitions and the extended one.
> Somehaow I hope that this would get rid of that cfdisk error message as
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
> Fedora 13 live cd
> > Solution.
> > To fix the above issue, you should correct the present disk layout. You can
> > perform this by removing all the existing partitions and creating new
> > ones.
> not sure if that is possible. Live cd doesn't see
On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> Also I need to know what do you use to install your Fedora, version
> (this is important: Fedora 12 or 13 ?), live cd ?
Fedora 13 live cd
>
> In the meantime, please read some newly added comments from Tom and
> Gregory.
>
yup.. did that!
> Solution.
> To fix the
On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> We still have an option of nuking the extended partion at once and see if
> that changes anything. After that there is only Win XP partition left.
> I will ask Paul, when he comes back, to run his Fedora installer with
> selected Custom Layout option and we will se
On Sun August 1 2010, Tom H wrote:
> > sda2 is the original Dell recscue partition, there is no way I'd ever use
> > it again.. but I copied it to sda8 anyway..
>
> You might want to re-install XP at some point.
> --
actually, I already did, a while back.. Once before, I tried the fedora
install,
On Sun August 1 2010, Tom H wrote:
> As a concrete example, Debian (and therefore Ubuntu), in its default
> set up, mounts / on sda1 and swap on sda5 (with sda2 as an extended
> partition) so having sda3 rather than sda4 as an extended partition
> isn't a problem.
>
> The sda7/sda8 situation is str
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
Hi Paul,
I reset the thread to the left origin to make it easier to follow now.
I hope you are in a good mood and ready to help us and yourself debug
the problem. We will try to save your Win XP installation, but we can not
promise it to you -:).
L
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
>> > > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>> > > /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
>> > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>> > > /de
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 4463 4717 2048287+ e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
> /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:11 PM, JB wrote:
>
> good to hear from you. I hoped that Tom and Marko would join us again, but
> they are lurking only and are reluctant a bit :)
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On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
>> this is part 2.
>> Above you see your disk layout.
>> You have noticed that there is one primary partition missing - the sda3
>> should be a primary partition (even if unused free space), the extended
>> pa
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:52 PM, JB wrote:
> Tom H gmail.com> writes:
>> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:25 PM, JB yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > JB yahoo.com> writes:
>> >
>> > # fdisk -l
>> > ...
>> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462
Gregory Hosler redhat.com> writes:
>
> There is nothing "screwed up" with the partition table.
>
> There are 3 primary partitions instead of 4. no big deal. the extended
> partition is #3 instead of #4. Again. no big deal. And finally,
> the logicals are out of order. Again, no big deal. None o
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> Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
>> ...
>
> Hi,
> great job !
> I want to do some things with your disk, but in a controlled manner - please
> do not get excited, just deliberately follow the instructio
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On 08/01/2010 01:47 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sat July 31 2010, you wrote:
>> The fdisk -l must be done as root.
>>
>>> I can't copy & paste because I am not on that laptop right now..
>>
>> The above output (which you haven't provided, yet) will
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> > and give me display of:
> > # fdisk -l
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
> Par
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> > > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
> > > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> > > /dev/sda5 4718 5961 9989120 83 Linux
> >
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
> > Partition
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
> Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/sda5
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 4463 4717 2048287+ e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
> /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
> Partition
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
/dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 4463 4717 2048287+ e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> # fdisk -l
>
> Can you do this now ? If so, give me the display.
> # cfdisk -Ps
>
> In any case, reboot your system to make sure the new partition table was
> filed.
rebooted..
> Return to your Linux again and your terminal.
> Check again and tell me what works (
Darr core.com> writes:
>
> I agree that 3 primaries don't need to be used before an extended partition
> is created for logical volumes (I've done 1 primary and 1 extended before,
> too), but why is there no /sda4 ?
>
> i.e. If the extended partition was /sda2 would the first logical volume
Darr wrote:
> I agree that 3 primaries don't need to be used before an extended partition
> is created for logical volumes (I've done 1 primary and 1 extended before,
> too), but why is there no /sda4 ?
>
> i.e. If the extended partition was /sda2 would the first logical volume
> *still* be /sd
I agree that 3 primaries don't need to be used before an extended partition
is created for logical volumes (I've done 1 primary and 1 extended before,
too), but why is there no /sda4 ?
i.e. If the extended partition was /sda2 would the first logical volume
*still* be /sda5?
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Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> > # cfdisk -Ps
> > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial
> > cylinder
> >
> > That's the one making trouble, and you indicated we can get rid of it now).
> > ...
> > /dev/sda2
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> # cfdisk -Ps
> FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial
> cylinder
>
> That's the one making trouble, and you indicated we can get rid of it now).
> ...
> /dev/sda2 4463 4717 2048287+ e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
> ...
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
>
> sda2 is the original Dell recscue partition, there is no way I'd ever use it
> again.. but I copied it to sda8 anyway..
>
Hi Paul,
good to hear from you. I hoped that Tom and Marko would join us again, but
they are lurking only and are reluctant a b
On Sat July 31 2010, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> Since the OP claims that this setup works well with both Windows and Ubuntu
> but not with Fedora, my advice would be to burn a Fedora Live CD, boot it,
> and do a fdisk -l again to see if Fedora provides some different kind of
> output. That might give
On 07/31/2010 02:02 PM, JB wrote:
> Marko Vojinovic gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> The above partition table looks completely OK, AFAIK. And I have never seen
>> Anaconda insisting on reinitializing the partition table except on a brand
>> new, unformatted drive.
>> ...
>> Marko
>>
> Hi Marko,
> plea
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> this is part 2.
> Above you see your disk layout.
> You have noticed that there is one primary partition missing - the sda3
> should be a primary partition (even if unused free space), the extended
> partition would be sda4, and the logical partitions would be sda5,
JB yahoo.com> writes:
>
> Marko Vojinovic gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > The above partition table looks completely OK, AFAIK. And I have never seen
> > Anaconda insisting on reinitializing the partition table except on a brand
> > new, unformatted drive.
> > ...
> > Marko
> >
> Hi Marko,
>
Marko Vojinovic gmail.com> writes:
>
> The above partition table looks completely OK, AFAIK. And I have never seen
> Anaconda insisting on reinitializing the partition table except on a brand
> new, unformatted drive.
> ...
> Marko
>
Hi Marko,
please read my new post before yours, under Tom.
Tom H gmail.com> writes:
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:25 PM, JB yahoo.com> wrote:
> > JB yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > # fdisk -l
> >
> > ...
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/sda2
On Saturday, July 31, 2010 19:25:50 JB wrote:
> JB yahoo.com> writes:
> > ...
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:25 PM, JB wrote:
> JB yahoo.com> writes:
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (m
JB yahoo.com> writes:
> ...
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifie
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
Hi,
great job !
I want to do some things with your disk, but in a controlled manner - please
do not get excited, just deliberately follow the instructions.
We will try to save the disk (which seems to have its partition table screwed
up), first "th
On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote:
> # <-- not the root prompt !
> - give us the output (please do not cut/edit it; do not tell us that it
> said something ...; just copy and paste it for us, whatever it is !) #
> fdisk -l
> # fdisk -l /dev/sda
> # cfdisk -Ps
> - can you see a di
Paul Cartwright pcartwright.com> writes:
> ...
> hm, fdisk -l just returns my prompt back, no entry shown.
> fdisk /dev/sda says it cannot open that.
> >
Paul,
please follow me:
- make sure you are signed in as root (su followed by root password)
$ su
...
# <-- not the root
On Sat July 31 2010, James Mckenzie wrote:
> There is and always has been a limit of 4 physical partitions. Fedora, for
> some strange reason, wants to put a /boot in the mix if you try to boot off
> of a LVM. I had both as physical partitions (all of the space in the
> logical is taken). When I
Gregory Hosler wrote:
>Sent: Jul 31, 2010 4:37 AM
>To: Community support for Fedora users
>Subject: Re: how not to initialize HD
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>On 07/31/2010 06:38 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> I don't know why, but I
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On 07/31/2010 06:38 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I don't know why, but I keep trying to install Fedora on my laptop. The last
> time I did it , it told me it had to initialize my HD, and I stupidly said
> YES. And it did. Wiped out my XP/Ubuntu setup
I don't know why, but I keep trying to install Fedora on my laptop. The last
time I did it , it told me it had to initialize my HD, and I stupidly said
YES. And it did. Wiped out my XP/Ubuntu setup. I reinstalled XP , and I tried
AGAIN, and it still wants to initialize my HD.
This is a Dell 10
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