On Du, 27 iun 21, 11:04:54, mick crane wrote: > I don't know what happened here. > Can I change the Disklabel without messing things up or is it necessary ? Careful, 'Disklabel' below is a synonym for 'Partition table' (of type 'dos' in this particular case). > root@pumpkin:~# fdisk /dev/sda > Disk /dev/sda: 223.57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors > Disk model: KINGSTON SA400S3 > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x64b83d98 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 497664 243M 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 501758 468860927 468359170 223.3G 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 501760 468860927 468359168 223.3G 8e Linux LVM > > > root@pumpkin:~# e2label /dev/sda > e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda > Found a dos partition table in /dev/sda Fortunately `e2label` is smart enough to recognize your drive is partitioned and leave it alone[1], otherwise you might be in serious trouble now. What do you actually want to achieve? [1] as far as I know it's possible to format a drive directly, without any partition table, but this is generally not recommended and should be avoided. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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