Well, hypothesis seems a bit wrong. I retried but this time, unmounting /media/disk before.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo umount /media/disk umount: /media/disk: device is busy umount: /media/disk: device is busy [I had indeed had nautilus browser on the disk open, closed it] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo umount /media/disk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3936. 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., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 1031 MB, 1031798784 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3936 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04c504c4 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 2000 511984 83 Linux Command (m for help): d 1 Selected partition 1 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 1031 MB, 1031798784 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3936 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Disk identifier: 0x04c504c4 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) 1 Invalid partition number for type `1' Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-3936, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3936, default 3936): 500 Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [Automatically, after that, system remounted the USB key, and showed me disk-File Browser with my files still there, but ... oh well, I am including a screenshot] ** Attachment added: "Screenshot after" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11114940/Screenshot-125.0%20MB%20Removable%20Volume%20Properties.png -- fdisk doesn't write partition table https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
