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From: Henrik Carlqvist on 25 Aug 2006 02:34 "Michael" <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: >>># fdisk /dev/sdb >>># Unable to open /dev/sdb >>> >>>The hard drive is a Seagate Ultra ATA/100 500 GB. >> >> What does dmesg say about the drive? >> >>> The BIOS, >>>incidently, doensn't "see" all 500 GBs. >> >> Doesn't need to, how much does it see? >> >> Grant. >> -- >> http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ > > I got it. I forgot to mkfs. > > It said something like 137 GB, but an fs on the > command line now shows 488 GB. Qui sais. Did dmesg really say 137 GB? Linux is usually able to se the entire drive even if your bios is not capable of that. I don't think your mistake was a missing mkfs as fdisk should be done before mkfs. Your mistake was probably that you tried to use /dev/sd* for an ATA drive which is named /dev/hd*. regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc8(at)uthyres.com Examples of addresses which go to spammers: root(a)variousus.net root(a)localhost
From: Grant on 25 Aug 2006 02:50 On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:34:17 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist(a)deadspam.com> wrote: >"Michael" <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: .... >> It said something like 137 GB, but an fs on the >> command line now shows 488 GB. Qui sais. .... >I don't think your mistake was a missing mkfs as fdisk should be done >before mkfs. Your mistake was probably that you tried to use /dev/sd* for >an ATA drive which is named /dev/hd*. Maybe OP prefers a 500GB super-floppy? (partitionless) Erk! Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: Floyd L. Davidson on 25 Aug 2006 02:55 "Michael" <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: >I've installed a 2nd hard drive to my Slackware 10.2 setup, >but I get the following error when I try to format the disk: > ># fdisk /dev/sdb ># Unable to open /dev/sdb It would only be at /dev/sdb if it were a SCSI disk. Try /dev/hdb, or whatever IDE drive is appropriate. You can determine that by watching the information spewed out during the boot process, or by doing "dmesg | more" after booting. You can also look at /proc/ide/hdb/ to find out what the kernel knows about it. For example "cat /proc/ide/hdb/capacity" will tell you what the disk size is for /dev/hdb. >The hard drive is a Seagate Ultra ATA/100 500 GB. The BIOS, >incidently, doensn't "see" all 500 GBs. If the bios can tell it is there, then you'll do fine. You might not be able to boot from it, but it will certainly do fine as a second drive. -- Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd(a)apaflo.com
From: Floyd L. Davidson on 25 Aug 2006 03:03 "Michael" <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: >"Grant" <bugsplatter(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1uqse2pvqhjn2g57bu9c57c6afnku7vior(a)4ax.com... >> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:04:41 GMT, "Michael" <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: >> >>># fdisk /dev/sdb >>># Unable to open /dev/sdb >>> >>>The hard drive is a Seagate Ultra ATA/100 500 GB. >> >> What does dmesg say about the drive? >> >>> The BIOS, >>>incidently, doensn't "see" all 500 GBs. >> >> Doesn't need to, how much does it see? >> >> Grant. >> -- >> http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/ > >I got it. I forgot to mkfs. You aren't making a lick of sense. you said fdisk wouldn't open it, and you *have* to run fdisk to partition it *before* you can run mkfs. >It said something like 137 GB, but an fs on the >command line now shows 488 GB. Qui sais. -- Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd(a)apaflo.com
From: korgman on 25 Aug 2006 03:18 On 2006-08-25, Michael <emdeedoublethree(a)cornell.edu> wrote: > # fdisk /dev/sdb > # Unable to open /dev/sdb > > The hard drive is a Seagate Ultra ATA/100 500 GB. The BIOS, > incidently, doensn't "see" all 500 GBs. I prefer cfdisk /dev/sdb but sdb is for scsi and usb drives. Try hdb (press q to quit) I don't know if this helps: cat /proc/partitions But probably dmesg is just fine. -- Please excuse my english writing! Slackware 10.1 Knowledge report: Newbie with custom kernel
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