On 1/26/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nat Gross wrote: > > Hi; > > Just purchased a new Maxtor 200gig usb 2.0 device. Before plugging it > > into the FC4 system, Windows was used to remove the windows partition. > > Then plugged it into FC4, recognized it ok, ran FDISK and created 3 > > primary partions on it. Fdisk synced it and advised to reboot in order > > to format it. > > > You will need to unplug the drive, and plug it back in to make sure > that the partition table is re-read. The table doesn't always get > updated when you write the new partition table. Do I need also need to reboot, or cycling the drive will suffice? tx -nat
