On Saturday 23 December 2006 18:04, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 16:42 +0100, Primm wrote:
> > I have a zaapa usb external drive. I thought I could simply plug it in
> > and write to it. It does not show up under the kde 'my computer' as I
> > expected it would. Running evmsgui it shows as /dev/evms/sda but I've no
> > idea how to write to it. Why doesn't it simply show as /dev/sda? How can
> > I get to use it?
>
> Open a console as root and type:
>
> # fdisk -l
>
> Does it only show /dev/sda or is there a /dev/sda1 too? If there is
> only /dev/sda it means that there are no partitions on the disc. You
> can use fdisk to create a partition, then format ti with the filesystem
> of your choice.
>
> Hans
it gives me this:
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 383 3076416 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda2 * 384 6258 47190937+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 6259 12161 47415847+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 6259 8228 15823993+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 8229 8356 1028128+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 8357 12161 30563631 83 Linux
Disk /dev/dm-0: 3150 MB, 3150249984 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 382 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-0p1 ? 120513 235786 925929529+ 68 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(116, 100, 32) logical=(120512, 47, 32)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(288, 101, 46) logical=(235785, 20, 46)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-0p2 ? 82801 116350 269488144 79 Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(82800, 34, 51)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(116349, 218, 61)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-0p3 ? 33551 120595 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(33550, 137, 11)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(120594, 153, 54)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-0p4 ? 86812 86813 10668+ 49 Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(87, 1, 0) logical=(86811, 142, 3)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(335, 78, 2) logical=(86812, 225, 45)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/dm-1: 48.3 GB, 48323520000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5875 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-1p1 ? 116388 126889 84344761 69 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p2 ? 105915 222310 934940732+ 73 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p3 ? 1 1 0 74 Unknown
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-1p4 179626 179629 26207+ 0 Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Any ideas?
Thanks Steve.
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