aabb wrote:
>Thanks for all replies so far.
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>>What's the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda"?
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>Output from "fdisk -l /dev/hda":
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>Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 1794 14410273+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>/dev/hda2 1795 1800 48195 83 Linux
>/dev/hda3 1801 19457 141829852+ 5 Extended
>/dev/hda5 1801 4200 19277968+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>/dev/hda6 4201 7100 23294218+ 83 Linux
>/dev/hda7 7101 7190 722893+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
>/dev/hda8 7191 19457 98534646 83 Linux
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Maybe it isn't really a FAT32 filesystem?
Could you try something like: strings /dev/hda5 | less
With a FAT32 filesystem, I get:
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEY FAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
RRaA
rrAa{
mkdosfs
BRJF_KEY FAT32
This is not a bootable disk. Please insert a bootable floppy and
press any key to try again ...
<list of short filenames on system...>
Obviously I formatted the above with mkdosfs, but you can see the label
(RJF_KEY) and type as well.
By comparison, on NTFS, I get:
0000374 t+a`j
0000454 Invalid partition table
0000504 Error loading operating system
0000543 Missing operating system
0077003 NTFS
...
HTH
-Richard
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