i don't have libsafe in /etc/ld.so.conf . The problem only occurs in /dev/hda. My /dev/hdb shows normal fdisk printout & can performs all fdisk commands :
Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4863 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 392 3148708+ b Win95 FAT32 The hda harddisk is the original harddisk that comes with Dell PC and previously preloaded with Windows XP. I wipe out everything during RedHat 7.3 installation. The only way for me to partition & format the hda is during RH installation. Just wondering what exactly wrong with the harddisk. :) On Thursday 18 July 2002 02:25 am, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > Is libsafe being pre-loaded in /etc/ld.so.preload ? > > I had problems with fsck, fdisk, and mkfs.ext2 when libsafe was being > preloaded. > > If the partition table is in some weird format, and you don't care about > the data on the disk. You could just wipe the disk clean before you > fdisk it. 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda' > > azie wrote: > > I'm using Dell Dimension PIV 2.0 with 40GB harddisk. When I try to use > > fdisk to repartition my harddisk, I got this error. > > > > [begin] > > > > # fdisk /dev/hda > > > > Command (m for help): p > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2491 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > > > > 8 partitions: > > # start end size fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > a: 1 7* 6* 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 > > b: 7* 40* 32* swap > > c: 1 2492* 2491* unused 0 0 > > e: 40* 42* 2* 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 > > f: 42* 2492* 2449* 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 > > > > Command (m for help): n > > Segmentation fault > > > > # > > > > [end] > > > > any idea why this happens and how to partition it using fdisk? > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" > > in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
