By viewing my Disk&File Systems in Hardy, can anyone see why one HDD is partially crippled?

[Steven Vollom]

Robert Parker wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Steven Vollom 
> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net <mailto:stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     Robert Parker wrote:
>     > Steven,
>     >
>     > Getting back to your OP, you said 'permission denied' I think.
>     Maybe I
>     > missed something here but I think I'd be starting with:
>     > sudo fdisk -l
>     > on the system with the 80 gig Maxtor. You will get a list of the
>     > partition types on the drive.
>     > Then post the output of that to the list.
>     > BTW the option to fdisk is 'l' for lollipop not the figure 'one'. In
>     > my typeface it's hard to see the difference ymmv.
>     >
>     > Bob
>     > --
>     > In a world without walls who needs Windows (or Gates)? Try Linux
>     instead!
>     >
>     [sudo] password for steven:
>
>     Disk /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
>     255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
>     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>     Disk identifier: 0x47a447a3
>
>       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>     /dev/sda1   *           1        1824    14651248+  83  Linux
>     /dev/sda2            1825       24792   184490460    f  W95 Ext'd
>     (LBA)
>     /dev/sda5           16523       24792    66428775   83  Linux
>     /dev/sda6            1825        2006     1461852   82  Linux swap
>     / Solaris
>     /dev/sda7            2007       16522   116599738+  83  Linux
>
>     Partition table entries are not in disk order
>
>     Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
>     255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
>     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>     Disk identifier: 0xffffffff
>
>       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>     /dev/sdb1               1        2591    20812176   83  Linux
>     /dev/sdb2            2592        2856     2128612+  82  Linux swap
>     / Solaris
>     /dev/sdb3            2857        9964    57095010    5  Extended
>     /dev/sdb5            2857        9964    57094978+  83  Linux
>     steven at Studio25:~$
>
>     Dear Bob,
>
>     My poor memory says I already answered this, however, it came fresh to
>     my inbox, so here it is.  I copied and pasted from the shell.  I
>     selected fixed width font, so I don't know why it is not aligned
>     properly.
>
>
> Text is aligned good enough.
>
>
>     Can you recognize a problem with either sda1 or sdb5?  What is
>     sda2 all
>     about.  And f W94 Ext'd (LBA)  looks like Windows 95 extended
>     something.
>
>
> There is not necessarily any problem with any of your partitions. You 
> originally complained about 'permission errors' when you attempted to 
> access your sda5 from some GUI program. Then it all speared into some 
> discussion about bad blocks for reasons beyond my ken.
Someone responding to t
>
> In the shell just type:
> cd /media
> sudo chown -R $USER:$USER sda5
> sudo chown -R $USER:$USER sda7
>
> Then you will able to access whatever you need there.
>
> The Win 95 partition is there because someone using a partition editor 
> put it there. It is no use for anything unless you want to share data 
> with Windows but even then it is no longer needed because modern 
> Linuxen can read and write to Windows ntfs partions if there were any 
> around.
>
> Bob
> -- 
> In a world without walls who needs Windows (or Gates)? Try Linux instead!
>
I don't know what I did to have so many be so kind to me.  Thanks, my 
friend.  You guys are going to make a techie out of me yet.  Then I will 
be able to lessen the load a little.  My little dictionary is filling 
with those sweet code words.  Have a good today and abetter tomorrow.

Caio,
Steven