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by **wietje** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:05 pm

from bad to worse
i can not see the new disk
in gsmartcontrol its there /dev/sda
in gparted its not
in the lxterminal i get input/output error

by **fvdw** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:00 pm

Maybe we should start form beginning. How do you run Linux ?

by **wietje** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:27 pm

i use a knoppix live cd or hirens bootcd

by **fvdw** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:13 pm

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I used the knoppix myself in the past but it is long ago. Nowadays I use one of my NAS device to prepare a HDD.
When knoppix is is running select the terminaol program for superuser (root) and work in there exactly according to the guide.
First thing to check is when you have the terminal window open to see the properties of the disk
Assuming the connected disk is sdb a command like

Code: Select all: fdisk /dev/sdb

will give output like this

Code: Select all: # fdisk /dev/sda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 121601. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help):

give as command "p" (without the quotes)

This will give output like this

Code: Select all: Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 32 257008+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 33 64 257040 83 Linux /dev/sda3 65 96 257040 82 Linux swap /dev/sda4 97 121601 975988912+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 97 144 385528+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 145 121601 975603321 83 Linux Command (m for help):

This example is the disk currently in use in my spd8020 and it is a 1 TB disk as you can see.

Now what is the output for your disk ?

by **wietje** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:25 pm

i open lx terminal
is that the program for superuser?
i get "knoppix@microknoppix:~$"

by **fvdw** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:28 pm

no it is not, is there not a choice for "root terminal"

by **wietje** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:32 pm

root shell or root terminal

by **fvdw** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:39 pm

it can also be "root shell" (in the knoppix menu)

by **fvdw** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:44 pm

Need to go wietje, some visitors arrived at my home

But when you have a root shell then it should be possible to follow the guide to make the right partitions and write the firmware

ps some helpful information on knoppix can be found for example here http://matt.blissett.me.uk/linux/howto/ ... _commands/

...I will be back

by **wietje** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:48 pm

have some fun
i'm almost giving up for today
thanks for the patience

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# fdisk /dev/sda

Unable to read /dev/sda

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