Hi, On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:17:15 +0530, dipankar das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Friends > > Some days back i reported in this list how my installation > of FC3 flopped in my machine with some problems in the function > of probing hd-geometry on the second hd of my machine. > > The same thing happened with MS-W fdisk too. When i first > partitioned and formatted the hd in Windows, it was showing > 33GB in place of 40GB, which is its size. Anyway, i did not > mind when SuSE reported 40GB and i was working on this hd for > the last one year or so, never facing any problem. But, the > FC3 reported problem on this hd. And today, with the PCQ Debian > DVD i booted my machine. And this too showed my second hd as > 33GB. > > Though, still, i have no problem in my SuSE. In fact the > mail i am sending is from the system on this hd, my '/home' is > on /dev/hdb8 and '/usr' on /dev/hdb9. Any problem in these > partions would obviously lead to major calamities. > > I am pasting here results of 'fdisk -l' and 'sfdisk -l' on > this hd. If you people can squeeze out something more > from them. > > This is the result of 'fdisk -l' on my second hd: > > Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 1959 15735636 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hdb2 * 1960 4870 23382607+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hdb5 1960 1972 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hdb6 1973 2004 257008+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdb7 2005 2592 4723078+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb8 2593 4159 12586896 83 Linux > /dev/hdb9 4160 4870 5711076 83 Linux > > And, this is the result of 'sfdisk -l' on my second hd: > > Disk /dev/hdb: 4870 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track > Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 0+ 1958 1959- 15735636 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hdb2 * 1959 4869 2911 23382607+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/hdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/hdb5 1959+ 1971 13- 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hdb6 1972+ 2003 32- 257008+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdb7 2004+ 2591 588- 4723078+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb8 2592+ 4158 1567- 12586896 83 Linux > /dev/hdb9 4159+ 4869 711- 5711076 83 Linux > what was output of fdisk -l from the fc3 cd/pcq debian dvd .
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