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To: f.bonnet@esiee.fr (Frank Bonnet)
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Subject: Re: FDISK cannot write
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> 
> Hello
> 
> I'm trying to add a partition to an existing disk at 5.4-R
> on a HP XW 4200 (SATA)
> 
> FDSIK fail with an error message "cannot write ..."
> 
> The "bizarre" thing is I have installed this machine
> from CDROM and partitionning the disk was OK ...
> 
> any idea on what happen ?

At what point are you doing an fdisk eg is after rebooting to full
multi-user mode or in single user mode, or??? and on which you disk
are you doing this?  Is it on your main disk - where root resides or
on another disk??     Is there any partition on that disk mounted?  

////jerry

> 
> Thanks a lot.
> -- 
> Cordialement/Regards
> Frank Bonnet
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