Re: Adding partition(s) to a Debian install pendrive
On Thu 18 Aug 2016 at 20:57:33 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> $ /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdc
> ...
> Command (m for help): n
> Select (default p): p
> Partition number (3,4, default 3): 3
> First sector (505856-3915775, default 505856):
> Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (505856-3915775, default 3915775):
>
> Created a new partition 3 of type 'Linux' and of size 1.6 GiB.
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered.
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> Re-reading the partition table failed.: Permission denied
I get exactly this.
> (I wonder by what method fdisk tries to read the table and fails)
I ignore things I do not understand.
> In any case it has worked:
As it did for me.
> $ /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc
> ...
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev/sdc1 * 0 505855 505856 247M 0 Empty
> /dev/sdc2 3900 4731 832 416K ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
> /dev/sdc3 505856 3915775 3409920 1.6G 83 Linux
>
> Let's hope the USB stick still boots via BIOS and EFI ...
It does.
> Next one would mkfs.fat a filesystem onto /dev/sdc2 and copy files to it.
Indeed.
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