Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:54:21 -6000 From: Gerhard Vogt <Gerhard.Vogt@EMBL-Heidelberg.de> To: Gerhard Vogt <Gerhard.Vogt@snipe.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE> Cc: Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>, aic7xxx mailing list <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems with large disks Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.90.970809015102.8331A-100000@snipe.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.90.970808191929.7622B-100000@snipe.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE>
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Hi, I solved the problem in the meantime. There was some mess in the partition table which caused fdisk to hang (which it should´t). After using sfdisk to create a correct partition table, fdisk could also handle the disk again. Gerhard ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Gerhard Vogt EMAIL: vogt@embl-heidelberg.de European Molecular Biology Lab FAX: (+49) 6221 387517 Meyerhofstrasse 1 VOICE: (+49) 6221 387567 69012 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~vogt/ On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Gerhard Vogt wrote: > Hi, > I´m trying to use Linux with an 2940 UW and three disks, a 2 GB > Seagate 32171 W, a 9 GB Seagate 19101 W and a 23 GB Seagate 423451 W. > Disk two and three are in an external case. > When I start "fdisk /dev/sdb" or "fdisk /dev/sdc", fdisks locks up > when I type "P" (after displaying some info about the partition table). > Is this a general problem of the driver or is something wrong with my > setup. I will be happy to provide further setup info if necessary. > Thanks in advance > > Gerhard
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