Re: Hard drive starting at 63
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:42:15 -0400, Digimer wrote: > On 2017-07-17 02:00 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 07/16/2017 04:25 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > >> I have a hard drive startaing at 63 > >> > >> Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. > >> 1+0 records in > >> 1+0 records out > >> dev/sdb1 * 6320500472049985 1001M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > >> /dev/sdb2 2050048 14338047 12288000 5.9G 83 Linux > >> > >> Can I fix it easily? > > > > Fix what? > > I'm guessing shifting the partition boundaries to align for optimal > performance. That cannot be conclude from the question, since it is much too vague. It would be possible to shift the start of the partition into two directions, either keeping the 31 KiB MBR gap or reducing it. So, what is the goal? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Hard drive starting at 63
On 2017-07-17 02:00 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 07/16/2017 04:25 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: >> I have a hard drive startaing at 63 >> >> Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. >> 1+0 records in >> 1+0 records out >> dev/sdb1 * 6320500472049985 1001M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) >> /dev/sdb2 2050048 14338047 12288000 5.9G 83 Linux >> >> Can I fix it easily? > > Fix what? I'm guessing shifting the partition boundaries to align for optimal performance. >> Actually, this was the initial disk of the computer which came >> with a fat32 partition >> Can I backup the partition, and modify the partition table for >> this partition only without any trouble? > > I don't understand what you're trying to do, but the direct answer to > those questions is yes. Probably not, unless they mean to back up all data, delete the old partition, recreate the partition properly aligned and then restore the data. Maybe I'm wrong though, parted's abilities have surprised me before. >> I guess that it is a boot partition recognized by grub > > You got the computer without Windows installed? The default in that > case is often freedos, which appears to be what grub detected it as. > >> In addition, sdb2 is seen as a linux partition by fdisk, > > fdisk just tells you what the partition is marked as in the partition > table. > >> but as a ntfs partition by gparted (and testdisk). I guess that it >> correct. > > gparted and testdisk actually probe the filesystem because they also > deal with the contents of the partitions. > >> HPFS - NTFS127 155 29 892 128 4 12288000 >> NTFS, blocksize=4096, 6291 MB / 6000 MiB >> >> fsck /dev/sdb2 >> fsck from util-linux 2.28.2 >> Unsupported: replay_log() >> Volume is dirty. >> Unsupported: check_volume() >> Checking 4096 MFT records. >> Unsupported cases found. >> ntfsck was unable to run properly. >> >> ntfs-3g.probe /dev/sdb2 >> ERROR: ntfs-3g.probe: Probe type is missing >> >> But, I can mount it. > > If you can mount it as ntfs and see files, then I guess it's ntfs. > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.com/w/ "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Hard drive starting at 63
On 07/16/2017 04:25 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a hard drive startaing at 63 Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. 1+0 records in 1+0 records out dev/sdb1 * 6320500472049985 1001M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 2050048 14338047 12288000 5.9G 83 Linux Can I fix it easily? Fix what? Actually, this was the initial disk of the computer which came with a fat32 partition Can I backup the partition, and modify the partition table for this partition only without any trouble? I don't understand what you're trying to do, but the direct answer to those questions is yes. I guess that it is a boot partition recognized by grub You got the computer without Windows installed? The default in that case is often freedos, which appears to be what grub detected it as. In addition, sdb2 is seen as a linux partition by fdisk, fdisk just tells you what the partition is marked as in the partition table. but as a ntfs partition by gparted (and testdisk). I guess that it correct. gparted and testdisk actually probe the filesystem because they also deal with the contents of the partitions. HPFS - NTFS127 155 29 892 128 4 12288000 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 6291 MB / 6000 MiB fsck /dev/sdb2 fsck from util-linux 2.28.2 Unsupported: replay_log() Volume is dirty. Unsupported: check_volume() Checking 4096 MFT records. Unsupported cases found. ntfsck was unable to run properly. ntfs-3g.probe /dev/sdb2 ERROR: ntfs-3g.probe: Probe type is missing But, I can mount it. If you can mount it as ntfs and see files, then I guess it's ntfs. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
