Message-ID: <4DED42CF.9000008 at verizon.net>

[Douglas Pollard]

On 06/14/2011 11:02 AM, compdoc wrote:
>> It seems I am getting nothing from fdisk -l
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> sudo fdisk -l
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> always sudo for stuff like this
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Yes of course you are right sudo first:-[
  I got the input in terminal and this is what I got back.

douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for douglasdoug:

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000f29df

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       23995   192734208   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           23995       24322     2624513    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           23995       24322     2624512   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d4675

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       30400   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398932992 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000e557

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1      243201  1953512001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo rm -rf /media/sde1
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000f29df

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       23995   192734208   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           23995       24322     2624513    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           23995       24322     2624512   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d4675

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       30400   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.4 GB, 2000398932992 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000e557

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1      243201  1953512001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo mkdir /media/sdc1
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/sdc1': File exists
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1,
        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
        dmesg | tail  or so

douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo dmesg | tail or so
tail: cannot open `or' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open `so' for reading: No such file or directory
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
   OK should dev,sdc1 input be input sudo mount -t vfat/dev.sdc1 /boot/ 
sdc1  that partition is a boot partition rather than media according to 
disk utility           Doug