I constantly get "unknown partition table": | rapunzel~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb | | Disk /dev/sdb: 18.2 GB, 18210037760 bytes | 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 17366 cylinders | Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes | | Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table | | rapunzel:~# fdisk /dev/sdb | Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel | Building a new sun disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, | until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous | content won't be recoverable. | | Drive type | ? auto configure | 0 custom (with hardware detected defaults) | [snip, options skipped] | Select type (? for auto, 0 for custom): 0 | Heads (1-1024, default 64): 20 | Sectors/track (1-1024, default 32): 237 | Cylinders (1-65535, default 17364): 7499 | Alternate cylinders (0-65535, default 2): | Using default value 2 | Physical cylinders (0-65535, default 7501): | Using default value 7501 | Rotation speed (rpm) (1-100000, default 5400): 7177 | Interleave factor (1-32, default 1): | Using default value 1 | Extra sectors per cylinder (0-237, default 0): | Using default value 0
Settings according to /dev/sda which is a SEAGATE-SX118273LC-6367 | Command (m for help): p | | Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 20 heads, 237 sectors, 7499 cylinders | Units = cylinders of 4740 * 512 bytes | | Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System | /dev/sdb1 0 7478 17722860 83 Linux native | /dev/sdb2 u 7478 7499 49770 82 Linux swap | /dev/sdb3 0 7499 17772630 5 Whole disk | | Command (m for help): x | | Expert command (m for help): p | | Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 20 heads, 237 sectors, 7177 rpm | 7499 cylinders, 2 alternate cylinders, 7501 physical cylinders | 0 extra sects/cyl, interleave 1:1 | Linux custom cyl 7499 alt 2 hd 20 sec 237 | Units = cylinders of 4740 * 512 bytes Linux custom? Could this be the problem? | Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System | /dev/sdb1 0 7478 17722860 83 Linux native | /dev/sdb2 u 7478 7499 49770 82 Linux swap | /dev/sdb3 0 7499 17772630 5 Whole disk | | Command (m for help): w | The partition table has been altered! | | Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. | Syncing disks. | rapunzel:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb | | Disk /dev/sdb: 18.2 GB, 18210037760 bytes | 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 17366 cylinders | Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes | | Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table At the same time, the kernel says: | SCSI device sdb: 35566480 512-byte hdwr sectors (18210 MB) | SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through | sdb: unknown partition table Of course. So, how do I fix this? copy over the SEAGATE-String from the first disk to the second by means of dd? Why can't I set that in fdisk? Is there a better fdisk? ;) Regards Peter -- Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
