[ale] Seagate Hdd Not Lining Up!?

[Marc Ferguson]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM, David A. De Graaf <dad at datix.us> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 03:26:12PM +0000, Marc Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > I ran the fdisk too:
> >
> > [root at fergatron ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb1: 320.0 GB, 320070288384 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38912 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> > [root at fergatron ~]#Â
> >
>
> You never run fdisk on a disk partition, always the disk itself.
> Try
>    fdisk -l /dev/sdb
>
>
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Oh..
[root at fergatron ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0b99f72f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       38913   312568641   83  Linux
[root at fergatron ~]#

I'm not fully comprehending these outputs. Do they indicate anything of
significance?

-- 
Marc F.

"When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"
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