yes it does give me this: Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x03e803e7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 1120 8996368+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 1121 1369 2000092+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb3 1370 4998 29149942+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f27c1 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 1245 10000431 83 Linux When i boot the hard drive..it goes through the loading bar, but then drops me into some sort of shell. a black screen. hope this makes sense! and thank you for responding. 2010/1/24 Rob Beard <[email protected]> > javadayaz wrote: > > im sorry to copy and paste here...fdisk gives me this > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 > > > > does this mean that the above hard drive is still assigned the sda label? > > > Yes the hard drive is still assigned to sda, but by what you have > posted, it looks like there aren't any partitions on the drive. > > Is there any output you've missed off the output of fdisk? > > Running... > > sudo fdisk -l > > on my laptop gives me this... > > Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x0001bd39 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 2432 19535008+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 2433 30337 224146912+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 30338 30401 514080 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > If you run sudo fdisk -l do you get any similar output listing > /dev/sda1, and possibly /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda5? > > What happens when you try and boot the machine, are you able to boot > anything from the hard drive? > > Also is there any chance you have another hard drive kicking around > (such as an external drive for instance) which bigger than the drive > you're having problems with? > > Rob > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad
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