Parted working right?
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From: JT on 8 Feb 2010 10:20 On 08/02/10 15:30, Van Chocstraw wrote: > On 02/07/2010 01:04 PM, DenverD wrote: > >> Van Chocstraw wrote: >> >>> I have linux partitions on hda and hdb. >>> When I'm booted on hda and run partition manager I cannot delete >>> partitions on hdb and get an error. I can edit, set mount points and >>> format but can't delete. I tried a live Suse CD also and same error. >>> cannot delete partitions on hdb. What's wrong with parted? >>> >> probably nothing but it is really had to guess with so little info to >> go on... >> >> is hdb mounted? >> is the partition in use? >> what error are you getting, exactly? >> has hdb been throwing errors? >> have you been having 'trouble with it'? >> is hdb in a usb housing, or connected direct to the motherboard? >> what SUSE are you using? >> do you have any other operating system in use? >> >> show us the output of somethings....like: >> >> df --print-type >> df -h >> cat /etc/fstab >> cat /mtab >> > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda2 ext4 20641788 5685532 13907616 30% / > udev tmpfs 1165804 588 1165216 1% /dev > /dev/sda3 ext4 173300380 43155244 121341920 27% /home > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda2 20G 5.5G 14G 30% / > udev 1.2G 588K 1.2G 1% /dev > /dev/sda3 166G 42G 116G 27% /home > > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6B200P0_B41ARKZH-part2 / > ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1 > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6B200P0_B41ARKZH-part1 swap > swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6B200P0_B41ARKZH-part3 /home > ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2 > proc /proc proc defaults > 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs noauto > 0 0 > debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto > 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 > 0 0 > > /dev/sda2 / ext4 rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0 > proc /proc proc rw 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 > debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0 > udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 > /dev/sda3 /home ext4 rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0 > fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0 > none /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint vmblock rw 0 0 > gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/dbdblocker/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon > rw,nosuid,nodev,user=xxxxxxxxxx 0 0 > rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0 > > > So what do you see? hdb is not mounted. > parted sees hdb just fine. > > Here is the message: > The partitioning on disk /dev/sdb is not readable by > the partitioning tool parted, which is used to change the > partition table. > > You can use the partitions on disk /dev/sdb as they are. > You can format them and assign mount points to them, but you > cannot add, edit, resize, or remove partitions from that > disk with this tool. > Did you already try my tip to use cfdisk? The message states 'cannot ... with this tool'. So maybe another tool will help? > Again, what's wrong with the tool? > > > > >> then we have a lot less guessing to do.. >> and friend, have a read here before you reply: http://is.gd/2BfI3 >> >> > -- Kind regards, JT
From: Jan Kandziora on 9 Feb 2010 03:56 Van Chocstraw schrieb: > > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda2 ext4 20641788 5685532 13907616 30% / > udev tmpfs 1165804 588 1165216 1% /dev > /dev/sda3 ext4 173300380 43155244 121341920 27% /home > The devices are sda and sdb with that Live CD, not hda/hdb. The harddisk naming scheme has changed a long while ago with the transition from IDE to PATA drivers. Kind regards Jan
From: DenverD on 9 Feb 2010 06:14 Jan Kandziora wrote: > The devices are sda and sdb with that Live CD, not hda/hdb. The harddisk > naming scheme has changed a long while ago with the transition from IDE to > PATA drivers. execpt, (i think) he could have an SATA sda drive and a IDE hdb drive...the latter not being mounted and therefore unseen in the output of all the commands i asked for.. -- DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP i686 athlon
From: JT on 9 Feb 2010 06:28 On 09/02/10 12:14, DenverD wrote: > Jan Kandziora wrote: > >> The devices are sda and sdb with that Live CD, not hda/hdb. The harddisk >> naming scheme has changed a long while ago with the transition from IDE to >> PATA drivers. >> > execpt, (i think) he could have an SATA sda drive and a IDE hdb > drive...the latter not being mounted and therefore unseen in the > output of all the commands i asked for.. > > Nope, I've got IDE only here and they show up as 'sd[a-z]' in /dev/ But : easy check for this: do a 'hwinfo --disk' (pref. as root) and have a detail look at the entries labelled 'Device file' and 'Device files'. OP: Please post answer back: is it sdb or hdb in output of hwinfo? -- Kind regards, JT
From: DenverD on 10 Feb 2010 01:46
JT wrote: > On 09/02/10 12:14, DenverD wrote: >> Jan Kandziora wrote: >> >>> The devices are sda and sdb with that Live CD, not hda/hdb. The harddisk >>> naming scheme has changed a long while ago with the transition from IDE to >>> PATA drivers. >>> >> execpt, (i think) he could have an SATA sda drive and a IDE hdb >> drive...the latter not being mounted and therefore unseen in the >> output of all the commands i asked for.. >> >> > Nope, I've got IDE only here and they show up as 'sd[a-z]' in /dev/ > > But : easy check for this: do a 'hwinfo --disk' (pref. as root) and have > a detail look at the entries labelled 'Device file' and 'Device files'. > > OP: Please post answer back: is it sdb or hdb in output of hwinfo? you could be right, probably are...but, i don't see in this thread if the OP declared if he was running SLED 10 or openSUSE 11.3 RCx, and i _think_ that could make a difference...maybe.. on the other hand, i guess maybe he figured out what he was doing wrong, or had done wrong (because parted should work on a healthy system) and we won't hear from him again.. -- DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (20090817), KDE 3.5.7 "release 72-11", openSUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.19-0.4-default #1 SMP i686 athlon |