On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 03:25:11PM +0200, Gerald Richter wrote: > > - cfdisk on /dev/sdb tells me: > FATAL ERROR: Bad signature on partition table > Press any key to exit cfdisk > > how do I proceed if I want to partition sdb? > > I have no idea why you are getting the error. Have you tried the "fdisk" command? I have seen it work in cases where cfdisk fails. Mike