[root@bob ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 10.1 GB, 10110320640 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1229 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1165 9357831 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1166 1216 409657+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1217 1229 104422+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 238216 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Disk /dev/hdb doesn't contain a valid partition table Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx --> Selling cheap but functional shell accounts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:40 PM Subject: Re: disk problem On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 20:04 -0800, Chris Norman wrote: > What does this output mean? I'm a little more worried about this one!:D > > [root@bob ~]# sfdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 19590 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track > Warning: The partition table looks like it was made > for C/H/S=*/255/63 (instead of 19590/16/63). > For this listing I'll assume that geometry. > Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 0+ 1164 1165- 9357831 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 1165 1215 51 409657+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 1216 1228 13 104422+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > Please send the output of fdisk -l. I am not sure why but this looks really weird to me. Maybe sfdisk is not reporting it the same as fdisk would. > Disk /dev/hdb: 238216 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track > > sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature > /dev/hdb: unrecognized partition table type > No partitions found > > Disk /dev/hdb1: 238216 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track > > sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature > /dev/hdb1: unrecognized partition table type > No partitions found > hdb has never had a partition table written. Is it a new disk? Possibly installed but never used? Rough figures show that is likely a 200GB drive. > What does that little lot mean please? > > Cheers, > > Chris Norman > <!-- chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx --> > Selling cheap but functional shell accounts. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard C. Isaacson" <ri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: disk problem > > > You are looking at the character device that is sitting on the dynamic > /dev filesystem. That is the correct output to get but. Your disks would > be mounted under /, /tmp, /var, and /usr or what you selected at > install. just do a 'df -k' and you will see them. > > -richard > > Chris Norman wrote: > > Hi people, > > I have just put a 114 Gb disk in my machine and coppied a load of stuff > > over > > to it. The stuff seems fine, the disk is mounted on /media/hdb1 and I've > > remounted that folder to /var/ftp (for the ftp server). The only thing > > is, > > when I use df on either of my disks, I get this output: > > > > [chris@bob ~]$ df /dev/hda > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > - 249184 696 248488 1% /dev > > [chris@bob ~]$ df /dev/hdb > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > - 249184 696 248488 1% /dev > > Is that right? Shouldn't it say "ext2" in the filesystem column??? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris Norman > > <!-- chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx --> > > Selling cheap but functional shell accounts. > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list