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The Monday 2007-06-18 at 22:40 -0500, Clark Sann wrote:
> Just looked at messages. Found a few like this...
...
> Jun 17 15:37:31 dell8600 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 25 00 00 08
> Jun 17 15:37:31 dell8600 kernel: sda: cache data unavailable
> Jun 17 15:37:31 dell8600 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
> Jun 17 15:37:31 dell8600 kernel: sda: sda1
> Jun 17 15:38:20 dell8600 su: (to root) clark on /dev/pts/1
> Jun 17 15:39:27 dell8600 shutdown[4353]: shutting down for system reboot
>
> Notice the "sda:sda1" right before I shutdown. I am guessing that
> sda1 means a different format than sda4 but a quick google isn't telling
> me much about the difference.
Yes... zip disks for DOS came with partition 4 formatted, but those for
MACs came with partition 1 - I think; perhaps it was 2 or 3. I know they
used a diferent one, not sure which. The howto should tell. Me, I used
part 1 in ext2.
Now, the tool disk... it came with both partitions prepared. The first
time you used it, it deleted the "other" partition, leaving only the
"right" one for your system.
Now, in which state came the partition table before this magick ocurred, I
dunno, but it might be that what hapenned (althouh having a "new" tool
disk would be rare).
So, there you have a few clues about it. What happened would need a bit
more investigation. It could be simply that the disk was really badly
damaged and crashed something in the kernel or modules, or needed longer
time to straighten out. The system probably tried to automount that
partition 1.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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