Re: /dev/null > /dev/sdb1 !

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 24/04/2008, Mark Allums <mark@allums.com> wrote:
> >  I hate to suggest this >donning fire-retardant suit< but you might borrow a
> > WinXP machine long enough to run the Computer Management disk tool on your
>
> Flame on!
>
> If all that happened, likely, is that the partition table got trashed,
> there are ways to recover it with parted and have parted figure out or
> guess what the partition should be. All it needs is a rough guess of
> where the partition should begin and end.
>
>      http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_mono/parted.html#SEC24
>
> Give that MSFT junk back to the Dark Lord in his Dark Throne.
>
> - Jordi G. H.

The user in trouble seems to be a newbie.  Using parted is not for 
newbies.  My suggestion is just a way to get him started.  You might 
also note that I suggested that there might be other alternatives to 
this.  All he needs is to get the partition table written properly, 
assuming the drive is not actually toast.  MS Computer management disk 
tool can do this.  It calls it "initializing the disk"  Or something 
like that.  Debian can do it too, assuming that the user can sort out 
the correct command.




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Mark Allums