Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On 27/01/17 08:33, Alan Grimes wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:07:03 -0500, Alan Grimes wrote: >>> >>>> 4. Create MFT partition table. >>> MFT? Isn't that something to do with NTFS? You need a GPT partition table >>> if you want to boot with UEFI. >>> >> yeah, my bad memory, it was MFT, as offered by gparted. I don't seem to >> have any tool to inspect the state of the partition tables like the old >> Norton Utilities. =( >> > fdisk -l /dev/... > > BillK
localhost ~ # fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 256.2 GiB, 275064201216 bytes, 537234768 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: 00C7D602-412C-4505-8992-0482855EDEF9 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdc1 2048 526335 524288 256M EFI System /dev/sdc2 526336 537233407 536707072 255.9G Linux filesystem localhost ~ # Things tried since last post: *Flashed the firmware on the drive, bumped it several release numbers... *Tried waiting out the kernel pause, waited about 4 minutes, some post just said it was slow by a factor of 30 seconds... *Searching GooG for gripes about Grub on SSD systems. No change in symptoms. Check out this smartctl stat for my v-raptor: 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 206 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 021 021 000 Old_age Always - 58325 -- Strange Game. The only winning move is not to play. Powers are not rights.
