Subject: Re: FDISK parameters was Re: undelete for partition tables?
Date: Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 12:54:47PM +0000
In reply to:Ed Cogburn
Quoting Ed Cogburn([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> >
> > Ed Cogburn wrote:
> >
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> I just tried (as root) the three fdisk examples (-l is lowercase
> L) given above. Only the last one worked: "fdisk -l /dev/hda".
> The -u does nothing at all. Does anybody else see this behavior,
> or has my fdisk been lobotomized somehow?
>
Ed
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~/mysql# fdisk -v
fdisk v2.9g
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~/mysql# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 31 248976 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 32 63 257040 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda3 64 95 257040 83 Linux native
/dev/hda4 96 1027 7486290 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 96 248 1228941 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 249 281 265041 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 282 320 313236 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 321 335 120456 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda9 336 476 1132551 83 Linux native
/dev/hda10 477 623 1180746 83 Linux native
/dev/hda11 624 750 1020096 83 Linux native
/dev/hda12 751 1027 2224971 83 Linux native
VT2 root-Deb-Slink:~/mysql# fdisk -u /dev/hda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1027.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help):
HTH
Wayne
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