grub---problem
Ramachandran Chidambaraiyer
ramachandran.chidambaram at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 23:40:23 UTC 2015
On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:56:59 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> >On 30 November 2015 at 18:10, Ramachandran Chidambaraiyer
> ><ramachandran.chidambaram at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).
> >> /dev/sr0
> >> has been opened read-only.
> >> Error : Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sr0.
> >> Ignore/Cancel?
> >
> >
> >This means that you are trying to partition your CD ROM. You can't do
> >that. CDs are read-only.
> >
> >In other words: you're using the wrong device name.
>
> We need to see a copy and paste of all commands and all output.
>
> If I run the commands, excepted of the mount command, not on an Ubuntu
> live CD, but on the Linux that currently is booted, it looks like this
> [1].
>
> The OP should run
>
> >sudo -i
>
> >and run
>
> >mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist
>
> >then run
>
> >fdisk -l /dev/sda; parted -l; ls -l /mnt
> Model: ATA WDC WD3200BPVT-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system
Flgs
1 1049kb 85.8GB 85.8GB primary ext4
boot
2 85.8GB 320GB 234GB extended
7 85.8GB 107GB 21.5GB logical ext4
8 107GB 163GB 55.8GB logical
6 163GB 319GB 156GB logical ext4
5 319GB 320GB 927MB logical linux-swap (v1)
Warning: Unablle to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system)-
/dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sr0.
Ignore/Cancel?
Regards
Ramachandran
> and post everything in the same style as I did [1].
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> [1]
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo -i
> [sudo] password for rocketmouse:
> [root at archlinux ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda; parted -l; ls -l /mnt
> Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6
>
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1 * 63 121274495 121274433 57.8G a5 FreeBSD
> /dev/sda2 121274746 625137344 503862599 240.3G 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 121274748 123381759 2107012 1G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 123383808 246419455 123035648 58.7G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 246421098 309283379 62862282 30G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda8 309283443 361967615 52684173 25.1G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda9 361969664 477483007 115513344 55.1G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda10 477485056 482031387 4546332 2.2G 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda11 482031616 561872895 79841280 38.1G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda12 561873438 569215079 7341642 3.5G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda13 569215143 615514409 46299267 22.1G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda14 615514473 625137344 9622872 4.6G 83 Linux
> Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD321KJ (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 32.3kB 62.1GB 62.1GB primary boot
> 2 62.1GB 320GB 258GB extended
> 5 62.1GB 63.2GB 1079MB logical ext2
> 6 63.2GB 126GB 63.0GB logical ext3
> 7 126GB 158GB 32.2GB logical ext3
> 8 158GB 185GB 27.0GB logical ext3
> 9 185GB 244GB 59.1GB logical ext4
> 10 244GB 247GB 2328MB logical linux-swap(v1)
> 11 247GB 288GB 40.9GB logical ext3
> 12 288GB 291GB 3759MB logical ext3
> 13 291GB 315GB 23.7GB logical ext3
> 14 315GB 320GB 4927MB logical ext4
>
>
> Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD502HJ (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ntfs boot
> 2 22.0GB 500GB 478GB extended
> 5 22.0GB 44.0GB 22.0GB logical ext3
> 6 44.0GB 65.9GB 21.9GB logical ext3
> 7 65.9GB 68.5GB 2607MB logical linux-swap(v1)
> 8 68.5GB 90.1GB 21.6GB logical ext4
> 9 90.1GB 112GB 22.1GB logical ext4
> 10 112GB 113GB 522MB logical ext4
> 11 113GB 140GB 27.5GB logical ext4
> 12 140GB 178GB 37.7GB logical ext4
> 13 178GB 220GB 41.9GB logical ext4
> 14 220GB 446GB 226GB logical ext4
> 15 446GB 500GB 53.8GB logical ext4
>
>
> Model: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LS30 (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sr0: 657MB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
> Partition Table: mac
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
> 1 2048B 6143B 4096B Apple
> 2 174MB 177MB 2327kB EFI
>
>
> total 4
> drwxrwx--- 34 rocketmouse 29 4096 Nov 20 2014 music
> [root at archlinux ~]#
>
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