On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:27 +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Mikkel <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Can you post the output of "fdisk -l" with the drive plugged in? > > > The output of "fdisk -l" is (pen drive plugged in): > > Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0xfedcfedc > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 5737 46082421 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 5738 30400 198105547+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 5738 9561 30716248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda6 9562 13385 30716248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda7 13386 15935 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda8 * 15936 15961 204799+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda9 15961 28596 101487615+ 8e Linux LVM > > Disk /dev/dm-0: 99.7 GB, 99711188992 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12122 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/dm-1: 4211 MB, 4211081216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 511 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table > > Disk /dev/sdb: 33.5 GB, 33554432000 bytes > 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 32000 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > I don't but I guess the drive is having a small sector corrupted > inside it as the icon is getting displayed but other actions have been > restricted unknowingly! Parsha, Does running 'fdisk -l /dev/sdb' as root allow you to create and save new partitions? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- 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