From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Jun 8 05:43:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A173B6F634 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 05:43:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B952E1682 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 05:43:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [89.15.237.143] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1bAWGn-0006M7-EE for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:43:13 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r292778-amd64 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id u585h9Wm002007 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 07:43:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id u585h806002006 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 07:43:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 07:43:07 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memstick && Invalid partition table Message-ID: <20160608054307.GA1952@c720-r292778-amd64> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20160607085637.GA3618@c720-r292778-amd64> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r292778 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 89.15.237.143 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 05:43:18 -0000 El día Tuesday, June 07, 2016 a las 09:15:03AM -0400, Allan Jude escribió: > > If I use the fine memstick on some other laptop, in this case a Dell > > Latitude E6330, it just says 'Invalid partition table!' > > > > What could be wrong with it? > > > > matthias > > > > To fix the partition table to be the size of your memstick do: > > gpart recover da0 this gave 'da0 recovering is not needed' > > > If this does not work, try this (specific to some models of Dell > Latitude and some HPs): > > gpart set -a active da0 this worked, partition is now 'flag 80 (active)' and the stick boots fine; thanks for your help; matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045 "Die Verkaufsschlager des Buchmarkts geben Auskunft über den Zustand einer Gesellschaft bzw. sind, was diese Zeiten angeht, Gradmesser fortschreitenden Schwachsinns. ..." (jW 19.05.2016)