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Date:      Wed, 8 Jun 2016 20:54:51 -0700
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: memstick && Invalid partition table
Message-ID:  <CAH7qZfvEvbf7fBJm8Jbgpj%2BzDrFcvUn8ZRyJ77bMapQ0kCeEjg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160608054307.GA1952@c720-r292778-amd64>
References:  <20160607085637.GA3618@c720-r292778-amd64> <e472d3de-a4b0-2d5f-c04f-2e4d5dda023b@freebsd.org> <20160608054307.GA1952@c720-r292778-amd64>

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By the way, as far as I understand, fdisk(8) is long depreciated now,
superseded by the gpart(8). Somebody needs to pick a big shiny axe and root
it out for good.

-Max
On Jun 8, 2016 1:43 AM, "Matthias Apitz" <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:

> El d=C3=ADa Tuesday, June 07, 2016 a las 09:15:03AM -0400, Allan Jude esc=
ribi=C3=B3:
>
> > > 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
>
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