On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 23:50 +0000, Mario Rossi wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use parted with an iPod 80GB. > the sector size is 2048, so I hoped to succed with version 1.8.3. > But this is the output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# parted /dev/sda > Warning: Device /dev/sda has a logical sector size of 2048. Not all > parts of GNU Parted support this at the moment, and the working code > is HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL. > > GNU Parted 1.8.3 > Using /dev/sda > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) print > Error: Unable to open /dev/sda - unrecognised disk label. > (parted) quit > Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. > > While fdisk succeds > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# fdisk /dev/sda > Note: sector size is 2048 (not 512) > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2432. > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, > and could in certain setups cause problems with: > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) > 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 4 128394 0 Empty > /dev/sda2 5 2432 78011640 b W95 FAT32 > > Is it supposed to work? Am I missing anything? > I'm using kernel 2.6.20.3 which I've recompiled, on a Fedora Core 5.
This has been reported on Fedora Core 6 to me as well... iPods and problems using parted. From what you have provided, there appears to be a single FAT32 partition containing all of the data. I'm not sure how Apple partitions the disk that way, but they are probably not using a standard DOS disk label, which would be my guess as to why you get the unrecognized disklabel error when doing a 'parted print'. I don't have an iPod and I don't know how to fix this issue without an iPod. If someone can provide specifications as to the disk layout in an iPod, that would also be acceptable. -- David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Red Hat / Westford, MA
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