Richard England wrote:
Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
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Disk /dev/sdc1: 4127 MB, 4127178752 bytes 127 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 7874 * 512 = 4031488 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device.
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# fdisk -l /dev/sdb1 Disk /dev/sdb1: 1031 MB, 1031782400 bytes 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device.
The suggestion, "Probably you selected the wrong device" applies to both of you. Running fdisk on a _partition_ (sdb1, sdc1) is almost always wrong. The partition table is on the _device_ (sdb, sdc), not within a partition. -- Bob Nichols Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
