Ok, here we go again:
I just decided to give a try to GNU parted. Yep, error
message, so I stopped.
Here's parted's startup message.
"Error: The partition table on /dev/hda is inconsistent.
There are many reasons why this might be the case.
However, the most likely reason is that Linux detected
the BIOS geometry for /dev/hda incorrectly." [Bad parted].
"GNU Parted suspects the real geometry should be
4866/255/63 (not 77557/16/53)." [cyls/heads/sectors?]. "You
should check with your BIOS first, as this may not be
correct. You can inform LINUX by adding the documetation
for mor information. If you think Parted's suggested
geometry is correct, you may select Ignore to continue (and
fix LINUX later). Otherwise, select Cancel (and fix LINUX
and/or the BIOS now)."
Selecting Cancel...
"Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on
/dev/hda is 77557/16/63. Therefore, cylinder 1024 ends at
503.999M."
I also used Partition Commander to make drive copies and
got the following as geometry from its information window.
Cylinders: 4866
....Heads: 255
..Sectors: 63
The BIOS has multiple reports.
When set to Access Mode = Auto
Cylinders: 19161
....Heads: 16
..Sectors: 255
When set to Access Mode = LBA
Cylinders: 4866
....Heads: 255
..Sectors: 63
When set to Access Mode = Large
Cylinders: 1277
....Heads: 240
..Sectors: 255
Interesting results. Which information is right? The real
way to find out is to get out your favorite low level disk
editor and see what is where. Since I have a blank target
drive and I'm short of time, it's time to throw caution to
the wind a see what happens.
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:13:38 -0700
Carl William Spitzer IV
On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 03:57, Sid Boyce wrote: <SNIP>
For cloning the two 40G drives as masters on separate IDE interfaces, I'd simply use "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc bs=1024k" and go shopping. <SNIP> Are you copying one drive partitions and information to another?
We've never experienced problems with dual boot machines where there was just the standard Windows partitioner available. Regards Sid.
I am told there is a difference of opinion about partition marking between *nix and windows. We can handle their markers but they have issues with our sequence. Various solutions seem to be reformatting the Windows partitions with their format even though qtparted can do that.
Knoppix 3.4 is out but I dont know if the partition problem has been fixed.
I have used PM and find it very slow if you set it to do a drive you basically go to breakfast and it will be done after dinner. qtparted while requiring things done is stages takes only minutes. You partition then format with qtparted and on a 20 gig drive only 10 minutes on a PII.
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