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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Is my hard drive locked? Need help with Linux unlockRe: Is my hard drive locked? Need help with Linux unlock
From: Honda <honda_at_gbronline.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:16:55 -0500 Yes, I was indeed running fdisk on /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda when I tried your geometry. I caught my own slip of mind late last night (see my post at ~1 am). I guess I had tried everything by that time and was *literally* at my wit's end. :-) However, prior to this misadventure (or stupidity), and after it, I used the proper fdisk /dev/sda command, and it does not work except as an external USB drive. I took the Jukebox apart last night to make sure the hard drive was connected properly. Everything seemed to be OK. Is it supposed to have a jumper to set it as a slave, or a master? Am I supposed to mkdosfs it right after I fdisk it, or should I reboot after fdisk but befor mkdosfs? Am I supposed to set a specific "cluster size" (4096, 8192 or whatever)? I am just crapshooting at this point I guess. "Linus Nielsen Feltzing" <linus_at_haxx.se> wrote in message news:3FA8AEDF.7030509_at_haxx.se... > Honda wrote: > > If I try to use your geometry, fdisk creates a partition called > > /dev/sda1p1 and my partition disappears right after I do mkdosfs and the > > number of cylinders changes to 775 instead of 776. > > > > How do I make fdisk display its "probed" geometry? > > I'm starting to believe that you run fdisk on /dev/sda1 instead of > /dev/sda. Can you confirm that you run fdisk with > > # fdisk /dev/sda > > and not > > # fdisk /dev/sda1 > > ? > > Linus > > Received on 2003-11-05 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |