On Thursday 24 June 2010 13:51:29 Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 13:11 +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > [root@dcomp5 ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb > > > > Unable to read /dev/sdb > > Should it be sdb? Try "fdisk -l" to list all the drives it finds. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. [root@dcomp5 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x926c926c Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 14023 112639716 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 14024 14087 512000 83 Linux /dev/sda3 14087 14215 1024000 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 14215 30402 130022400 5 Extended /dev/sda5 14215 30402 130021376 83 Linux [root@dcomp5 ~]# uname -a Linux dcomp5.ringways.co.uk 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP Fri Jun 11 09:42:24 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@dcomp5 ~]# Also found in dmesg: (full file available at http://www.stainburn.com/dmesg.txt ) scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 4294967296 512-byte logical blocks: (2.19 TB/2.00 TiB) sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sdb: unknown partition table sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
