Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Press P . . . . . . . . ( Watch out press the correct key ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 little p or big P ... you show Big P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Sorry . . . little p . . . :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 watch it ... monkey see, monkey do here. pPartition number (1-4): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Making good progress :DPress the number 1 Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 ... slow though, I see why you have 20,000 post count. Partition number (1-4): 1First cylinder (1-10011, default 1): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 ... slow though, I see why you have 20,000 post count. . . . you've got it !! LOL :yes:Press the number 1 again :DAnd tell me do you want One partition on the full drive . . or just part of the drive ? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 just the whole drive will do ... I think, pPartition number (1-4): 1First cylinder (1-10011, default 1): 1Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-10011, default 10011): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Okay . . . now type 10011Next question . . . what format should that partition get ?? FAT or Linux native ?? ( FAT you can access from Win and Lin ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 We'll go for FAT ... as I can then still use it on another PC pPartition number (1-4): 1First cylinder (1-10011, default 1): 1Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-10011, default 10011): 10011Command (m for help): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Excellent . . . we are doing well here !! A few more commands:Press the letter t Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Command (m for help): tSelected partition 1Hex code (type L to list codes): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Now type the number 4 Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Hex code (type L to list codes): 4Changed system type of partition 1 to 4 (FAT16 <32M)Command (m for help): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Excellent . . . now press the letter p again to show the partition-list :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/sde: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sde1 1 10011 80413326 4 FAT16 <32MCommand (m for help): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Very good . . . now we press the letter w to write the partition table to disk . . . . if all is well you will exit the fdisk tool and get your prompt back.Then we finished part one . . . but we are not ready yet, there is part 2 and 3 to go but that is less work ;) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Command (m for help): wThe partition table has been altered!Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.xpartitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additionalinformation.Syncing disks.linux:/home/mucks # ok, part 1 done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Now show me # cat /etc/fstab Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 linux:/home/mucks # cat /etc/fstab/dev/hda2 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1/dev/hda1 swap swap pri=42 0 0devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0proc /proc proc defaults 0 0usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0/dev/dvdrecorder /media/dvdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0/dev/hdb /media/floppy1 subfs noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0linux:/home/mucks # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Okay . . the fstab looks good . . nothing to alter there !BUT . . . sorry I made a little mistake in the "type" . . . we will have to do a tiny adjustment: # fdisk /dev/sde Then press the letter t Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 your human linux:/home/mucks # fdisk /dev/sdeThe number of cylinders for this disk is set to 10011.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)Command (m for help): tSelected partition 1Hex code (type L to list codes): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Thanks ! ;)Now the letter b Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 your human : Don't tell anyone. Everyone thinks he is 100% pure penguin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 ah ha ... Command (m for help): tSelected partition 1Hex code (type L to list codes): bChanged system type of partition 1 to b (W95 FAT32)Command (m for help): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Excellent . . now the letter w again . . . . . :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 Don't tell anyone. Everyone thinks he is 100% pure penguin!!! So did I ... but he aint like some Penguins I've met. Command (m for help): wThe partition table has been altered!Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.xpartitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additionalinformation.Syncing disks.linux:/home/mucks # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Now . . doublechecking: # fdisk /dev/sde -l ( remeber the L ? ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muckshifter Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 linux:/home/mucks # fdisk /dev/sde -lDisk /dev/sde: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sde1 1 10011 80413326 b W95 FAT32linux:/home/mucks # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 So did I ... but he aint like some Penguins I've met. We all know that he is much smarter and friendlier than the average penguin, so of course he might not be like some penguins you have met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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