how not to initialize HD
Paul Cartwright
ale at pcartwright.com
Sat Jul 31 23:54:28 UTC 2010
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 (give me displays).
> # cfdisk -Ps
>
> By the way, there was a post from Robert Nichols regarding my concerns and
> that will be addressed later on by me.
> JB
> # fdisk -l
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 4718 5961 9989120 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 5962 8094 17133291 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 11919 12162 1951744 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 8095 11918 30716248+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
# cfdisk -Ps
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial
cylinder
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