On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 11:37:36AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 10:36:07AM +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > > Package: parted > > Version: 1.6.21-1 > > Severity: important > > I have a USB memory stick; I have created one partition on it; > > the current layout is > > > > # fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/sda: 130 MB, 130809856 bytes > > 5 heads, 50 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 250 * 512 = 128000 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 1 1021 127600 83 Linux > > > > I wanted to use parted to resize my partition > > (to make room for a second crypto partition ) > > But if I try to use parted on it, I get > > > > # parted /dev/sda > > GNU Parted 1.6.21 with HFS shrink patch 16 > > .... > > Using /dev/sda > > (parted) print > > Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-124.750 megabytes > > Disk label type: loop > > Minor Start End Filesystem Flags > > 1 0.000 124.750 fat16 > > (parted) > > > > This is very dangerous > > You still have the old fat partition there, which you forgot to erase > completely.
??? why was I supposed to erase it in the firstplace ?? > Please do a dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda or something such before creating the > ext2 partition, to make sure no trace of the olf fat remains. I would prefer not . My partition is now full of data btw: I doubt there is any vfat data around : I filled the partition with my data almost completely > How do you create the ext2 partition anyway ? with 'cfdisk /dev/sda' ; then I did 'mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1' my usb stick works perfectly well with : fdisk, cfdisk , mount, etc etc moreover when I plug it in , the combination of udev/hal/pmount/nautilus mounts my partition and shows it in a nice nautilus window parted should see that the partion table clearly states that the first partition is a Linux partition, no fat16 ; parted should not be fouled by 'traces of fat' parted is the only program being fouled a. -- Andrea Mennucc "Ukn ow,Ifina llyfixe dmysp acebar.ohwh atthef" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
