Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.comwrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be recognized as one of he boot options? That is a possibility. Thanks a lot for your help, yuriy When you performed the install, how did you do it? Use the entire disk install or did you customize it? Justin. I have used entire disk alright.
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Justin The Cynical cyni...@penguinness.org wrote: Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be recognized as one of he boot options? Dell modules? Are you thinking like a kernel module? No, if the system doesn't even show the initrd loading, that won't do any good. I've never heard of anyone needing anything special to boot linux on a Dell. What is the last thing that displays on the screen when you power it on? A non-system disk error? Swear words in Mongolian? Knowing this should help diagnose the issue. There is no non-system disk error message, nothing which says disk at all. I'll check today what exactly is the last message during boot(I think it's something about DRAC but not 100%) when get to that machine tonight. And definitely I did not see anything in Mongolian on the screen ;-) Regards, yuriy
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hi Justin, This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be recognized as one of he boot options? Thanks a lot for your help, yuriy On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Justin The Cynical cyni...@penguinness.org wrote: Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Check that the megaraid_sas driver is loading. When I installed Etch, I had to rebuild the initrd with that module after the initial install. Could advice on how I can check this please? I reckon that this is my problem as when system is trying to boot - it looks like it's not even reach as far as HDDs at all. Boot the system as far as you can and check the scrollback to see if the module is being loaded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be recognized as one of he boot options? That is a possibility. Thanks a lot for your help, yuriy When you performed the install, how did you do it? Use the entire disk install or did you customize it? Justin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be recognized as one of he boot options? Dell modules? Are you thinking like a kernel module? No, if the system doesn't even show the initrd loading, that won't do any good. I've never heard of anyone needing anything special to boot linux on a Dell. What is the last thing that displays on the screen when you power it on? A non-system disk error? Swear words in Mongolian? Knowing this should help diagnose the issue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hi Nick, On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Nick Douma n.do...@nekoconeko.nl wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If your server is anything like mine, your RAID card should abstract the RAID array, and present it as a single disk. I have this on a Dell server with 3 discs in RAID5. Yes, that's right. But I can only see this when I go to RAID controller utility(there is PERC 6i installed) pressing CTRL+S on initial boot of the server. Did you by any chance install GRUB into the partition header instead of the MBR? That would explain not being able to boot into Debian. Yes, I did installed GRUB during the installation process; installer never asked me where I want to install it so I just assume it installed it into the partition. How can I change the location of GRUB now? Thanks a lot, yuriy Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi, In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance. Kind regards, yuriy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksPFKQACgkQkPq5zKsAFiiKzgCffE8w+N+E+cSKkRRGsZBXenXd qqUAmQF4mKlut4q8QeKTvSWWltUVK0fu =+25z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hi Justin, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.comwrote: You can also boot a Linux Live CD (or system rescue CD) or knoppix and fdisk -l - make sure you have a bootable partition and its the same one on each of the raid-1 disk members. Justin. Now when I go with rescue CD and do fdisk -l it's showing me RAIDs like a single drive, ie /dev/sda for RAID1 and /dev/sdb for RAID5. This is my first time experience with RAID but my impression is that as soon as you gathered disks under RAIDs they would show up as single units in /dev. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hi Justin On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Justin The Cynical cyni...@penguinness.org wrote: Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Etch on a 2950 at work. Sounds pretty close so it's promising ;-) Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). The C drive is from Dell (part of the OS/diagnostic stuff they include). You should be able to delete that if you like as, IIRC, the tools are available via a bootable CD that is included with the machine. I believe the ISO is also available for download, I'm fine to leave this as long as it won't course any issue with booting. In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? PERC card, yes? Yes, you are right. There is PERC 6/i installed. Check that the megaraid_sas driver is loading. When I installed Etch, I had to rebuild the initrd with that module after the initial install. Could advice on how I can check this please? I reckon that this is my problem as when system is trying to boot - it looks like it's not even reach as far as HDDs at all. Also, do you have a DRAC in that box? If so, check the /dev/sd* list in the fstab and menu.lst files. The DRAC has a 'virtual drive' that is presented to the kernel as a USB device and in my case, was enumerated before the RAID card, throwing off the drive list (/dev/sda* became /dev/sdb* or some such thing) Is it about Remote Access Configuration? Yes, it's present on the system alright. In my case /dev/sda is RAID1 and /dev/sdb is RAID5 . PE2950 PERC RAID card one RAID 1 (/dev/sda) one RAID 10 (/dev/sdb) ~$ mount /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/vm_storage type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) ~$ fdisk /dev/sda -l Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72746008576 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8844 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 28 224878+ de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 29 290 2104515c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda3 * 291849065866500 83 Linux /dev/sda484918844 28435055 Extended /dev/sda584918844 2843473+ 82 Linux swap / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Yuriy Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Nick, On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Nick Douma n.do...@nekoconeko.nl mailto:n.do...@nekoconeko.nl wrote: If your server is anything like mine, your RAID card should abstract the RAID array, and present it as a single disk. I have this on a Dell server with 3 discs in RAID5. Yes, that's right. But I can only see this when I go to RAID controller utility(there is PERC 6i installed) pressing CTRL+S on initial boot of the server. Did you by any chance install GRUB into the partition header instead of the MBR? That would explain not being able to boot into Debian. Yes, I did installed GRUB during the installation process; installer never asked me where I want to install it so I just assume it installed it into the partition. How can I change the location of GRUB now? Thanks a lot, yuriy The default action in de debian setup (in Lenny anyways) is installing it to the MBR. Near the end of the setup it will try to detect any already present OS's, and it will ask if the list is correct. On the same screen it asks if you want to install GRUB to the MBR. I will assume you answered No here. You basically have two options: * Rerun the setup, and choose to install to the MBR (easiest). * Make a GRUB bootfloppy/usb stick. You can then manually run something along the lines of - - root (hd0,0) - - setup hd(0) This assumes that you have the grub /boot folder on the first partition of the first disk. The second statement installs GRUB into the MBR of disk0. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksQIhUACgkQkPq5zKsAFii+PACeMl0GjSwvIwIYSV7q4AUBJSph Z10An3TgmHiEQEW33inlzADWWlOariix =4DM7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.comwrote: You can also boot a Linux Live CD (or system rescue CD) or knoppix and fdisk -l - make sure you have a bootable partition and its the same one on each of the raid-1 disk members. Justin. Now when I go with rescue CD and do fdisk -l it's showing me RAIDs like a single drive, ie /dev/sda for RAID1 and /dev/sdb for RAID5. This is my first time experience with RAID but my impression is that as soon as you gathered disks under RAIDs they would show up as single units in /dev. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Hi, Disk /dev/sdb: 150.0 GB, 149989359616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18235 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xa49f8981 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1209016787893+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb2 *2091 18235 129684712+ 83 Linux Does the partition containing /boot on your system have a '*' next to it as I show above (for /dev/sda)? Justin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.comwrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.com wrote: You can also boot a Linux Live CD (or system rescue CD) or knoppix and fdisk -l - make sure you have a bootable partition and its the same one on each of the raid-1 disk members. Justin. Now when I go with rescue CD and do fdisk -l it's showing me RAIDs like a single drive, ie /dev/sda for RAID1 and /dev/sdb for RAID5. This is my first time experience with RAID but my impression is that as soon as you gathered disks under RAIDs they would show up as single units in /dev. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Hi, Disk /dev/sdb: 150.0 GB, 149989359616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18235 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xa49f8981 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1209016787893+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb2 *2091 18235 129684712+ 83 Linux Does the partition containing /boot on your system have a '*' next to it as I show above (for /dev/sda)? Justin. Hi Justin, What does '*' mean? Thanks, yuriy
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.comwrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi Justin, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Justin Piszcz jpis...@lucidpixels.com wrote: You can also boot a Linux Live CD (or system rescue CD) or knoppix and fdisk -l - make sure you have a bootable partition and its the same one on each of the raid-1 disk members. Justin. Now when I go with rescue CD and do fdisk -l it's showing me RAIDs like a single drive, ie /dev/sda for RAID1 and /dev/sdb for RAID5. This is my first time experience with RAID but my impression is that as soon as you gathered disks under RAIDs they would show up as single units in /dev. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Hi, Disk /dev/sdb: 150.0 GB, 149989359616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18235 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xa49f8981 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1209016787893+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb2 *2091 18235 129684712+ 83 Linux Does the partition containing /boot on your system have a '*' next to it as I show above (for /dev/sda)? Justin. Hi Justin, What does '*' mean? Thanks, yuriy It means that the partition is set to be bootable. Justin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Check that the megaraid_sas driver is loading. When I installed Etch, I had to rebuild the initrd with that module after the initial install. Could advice on how I can check this please? I reckon that this is my problem as when system is trying to boot - it looks like it's not even reach as far as HDDs at all. Boot the system as far as you can and check the scrollback to see if the module is being loaded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hi, In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance. Kind regards, yuriy
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If your server is anything like mine, your RAID card should abstract the RAID array, and present it as a single disk. I have this on a Dell server with 3 discs in RAID5. Did you by any chance install GRUB into the partition header instead of the MBR? That would explain not being able to boot into Debian. Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi, In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance. Kind regards, yuriy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksPFKQACgkQkPq5zKsAFiiKzgCffE8w+N+E+cSKkRRGsZBXenXd qqUAmQF4mKlut4q8QeKTvSWWltUVK0fu =+25z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Hello Yuriy, My experience has mostly been with software RAID, where in the case of RAID1 the kernel and initrd are just loaded off of one of the drives, basically ignoring the fact that it has a mirrored twin elsewhere... But I'll try to be helpful :) Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi, In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). My guess is that the label 'drive C' is just your BIOS trying to be Windows friendly, and offering a cutesy name instead of a more generic one such as 'hard drive'. Shouldn't be a cause for concern. In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? I think your BIOS is trying to boot directly from a hard drive, instead of using the RAID device presented to it by your RAID controller. In your BIOS, try searching for an option along the lines of 'hard drive order', 'hard drive priority', or maybe something more generic like 'device order'. Most BIOSes work along the principal of having two settings, one to select the type of device to boot from (which is the CD-ROM/NIC/Drive option you mentioned above), and a second option to select the order in which to try the devices of a particular kind. Either way, the option to control which drive to boot from should not be very far away from the option you found to select the type of boot device. When you find it, you should see your hard drives listed along side your two RAID arrays. Simply select the proper RAID array. Any help would be much appreciated. Hope this helps. Johnathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Johnathan Thibodeau wrote: Hello Yuriy, My experience has mostly been with software RAID, where in the case of RAID1 the kernel and initrd are just loaded off of one of the drives, basically ignoring the fact that it has a mirrored twin elsewhere... But I'll try to be helpful :) Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: Hi, In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). My guess is that the label 'drive C' is just your BIOS trying to be Windows friendly, and offering a cutesy name instead of a more generic one such as 'hard drive'. Shouldn't be a cause for concern. In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? I think your BIOS is trying to boot directly from a hard drive, instead of using the RAID device presented to it by your RAID controller. In your BIOS, try searching for an option along the lines of 'hard drive order', 'hard drive priority', or maybe something more generic like 'device order'. Most BIOSes work along the principal of having two settings, one to select the type of device to boot from (which is the CD-ROM/NIC/Drive option you mentioned above), and a second option to select the order in which to try the devices of a particular kind. Either way, the option to control which drive to boot from should not be very far away from the option you found to select the type of boot device. When you find it, you should see your hard drives listed along side your two RAID arrays. Simply select the proper RAID array. Any help would be much appreciated. Hope this helps. Johnathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org You can also boot a Linux Live CD (or system rescue CD) or knoppix and fdisk -l - make sure you have a bootable partition and its the same one on each of the raid-1 disk members. Justin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian can not boot from RAID-1
Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: In short: Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3 HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 Etch on a 2950 at work. Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went through without any issue. After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came from???). The C drive is from Dell (part of the OS/diagnostic stuff they include). You should be able to delete that if you like as, IIRC, the tools are available via a bootable CD that is included with the machine. I believe the ISO is also available for download, In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot device but it's still can not see the boot sector. Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings on software level? PERC card, yes? Check that the megaraid_sas driver is loading. When I installed Etch, I had to rebuild the initrd with that module after the initial install. Also, do you have a DRAC in that box? If so, check the /dev/sd* list in the fstab and menu.lst files. The DRAC has a 'virtual drive' that is presented to the kernel as a USB device and in my case, was enumerated before the RAID card, throwing off the drive list (/dev/sda* became /dev/sdb* or some such thing). PE2950 PERC RAID card one RAID 1 (/dev/sda) one RAID 10 (/dev/sdb) ~$ mount /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/vm_storage type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) ~$ fdisk /dev/sda -l Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72746008576 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8844 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 28 224878+ de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 29 290 2104515c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda3 * 291849065866500 83 Linux /dev/sda484918844 28435055 Extended /dev/sda584918844 2843473+ 82 Linux swap / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org