Re: Reach ext3 partitions when cfdisk gives error about those
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:51:46 +0000, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> I think that that I can run cfdisk on /dev/sda, but can't run cfdisk on
>> /dev/sdb where those ext3 filesystems are, so mybe this is not an UUID
>> issue but a partition problem.
>
> Then start from the beginning with the problem :-)
> Try with "fdisk -l /dev/sdb" and put here the output.
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfcebfceb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 426 3421813+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 427 4389 31832797+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 4390 8413 32322780 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 8414 38913 244991188 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 8414 8741 2634597 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
/dev/sdb6 8742 8854 907641 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 8855 9492 5124703+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 9493 38913 236324151 83 Linux
>> I have run on /dev/sdb long time ago Gparted, and after that I installed
>> the Debian Squeeze system on those partitions (yes, not on one but on
>> more than one partitions).
>
> Ah, okay, there is a system running already on it...
>>
>> When I try to run cfdisk on /dev/sdb
>
> What is your goal for running cfdisk, what do you want to do?
Nothing special, just to see partitions on sdb with cfdisk.
>> I get error message: FATAL ERROR:
>> Bad logical partition 6: enlarged logical partitions overlap
>
> It could be this bug :-?
>
> cfdisk complains unjustly about overlapping partitions
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464377
Maybe this is a bug. I can't open the web page abowe.
I have had installed on /dev/sda3 before Debian SID a Gentoo Linux but I
can't remember whether I can to reach /dev/sdb partitions from Gentoo..
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Best Regards,
Paul Chany
http://csanyi-pal.info
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