Hi, On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:25:20 +0100 jcd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I used cfdisk and I'm sure that I allocated whole disk (I just deleted > remaining partition and created new one and just confirm size, because > it should take whole disk, and even if not, it souldn't create new > partition on empty disk beyond some other 'non-existing' partition so > I'm sure I made a good job of it) and saved changes (it prompted me > for writing new partition table). I haven't any /dev/sdb2, > just /dev/sdb1. It seems it is really bad situation for me :(. No, it probably isn't. In order to be sure next time, do a "cat /proc/partitions" after using fdisk. That will show what the kernel thinks your partition layout is. > So for future is there any way to log more detailed info > about these things (besides info about creating ext3 partition even > info about size of this partition)? Just backup your partition table next time. That will cost only about 512 Byte (actually, less than that) and save you some stress. > Should I run 'hdparm -z' after creating new patition in > future? Or reboot/kexec. Or use a similar functionality built into fdisk. > And because I don't want to tease you any more, please give > me some last solution what shoudl I do (forlorn hope). I did already in my last answer. Extract that partition (i.e. copy it onto another drive) or try to recreate a valid partition table. Gpart told you where the partition is hiding. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list