fdisk is more of an antiquated x86 command.
Use parted instead, slightly different but just as good. /sbin/parted /dev/sda -Bill On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:40:05 +0100 (BST), Naren chandru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new user for YDL-5.0 and I have installed ydl-5.0 in my MAC > machine. After installation I have typed "fdisk /dev/sda" command to see > the partition information. It does not given any information. I have > pasted the output below > > ---------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fdisk /dev/sda > Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF > disklab > el > Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, > until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous > content won't be recoverable. > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19929. > 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) > Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by > w(rite) > Command (m for help): p > Disk /dev/sda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > Command (m for help): > ------------------------------------------------- > > If anyone know the reason why fdisk is not giving proper information in > YDL=5.0 please reply. > > Thanks & Regards > Naren. > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for people who are YOUR TYPE? Find them here. > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
