On Thursday 13 October 2005 18:35, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > if it doesn't want to mount try: "fdisk /dev/sda" to check whether it's > > seen or not. use "p" to show existing partitions and "q" to > > quit......like "F4" and "escape" in DOS fdisk. > > > > Don't be alarmed if Mdv refuse to show the card or states that it's > > corrupt ....... it isn't, Mandriva has problems with some cards. :-( > > An easyer way to do the same thing: > > fdisk -l /dev/sda > > If it returns without printing anything, fdisk could not read a > partition table. > > Mikkel
Ah, learned something again. ;-) It most certainly is a much safer way than running "fdisk" itself ....... nice! Pity it still requires root status. -- Good luck, HarM
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