-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le 11/12/2011 19:25, Robert Moskowitz a écrit : > On 12/11/2011 01:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 11.12.2011 19:12, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>> I just got a LaCie 1Tb USB drive. I want to delete their 10Mb NTFS >>> partition then create one 1Tb EXT4 partition. >>> >>> When I DiskUtility I get the following error when I try to delete the >>> NTFS partition: >>> >>> >>> Error erasing: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_del_partition: >>> device_file=/dev/sdb, offset=400886272 >>> Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=1000204886016) >>> MSDOS_MAGIC found >> use fdisk or gparted and create a new partition table > > So help me here a bit with fdisk. I have the following: > > fdisk -l /dev/sdb > > Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x24796452 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 782981 803458 10239 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > > as root: fdisk /dev/sdb d fdisk will ask you if you want to delete sdb1, answer y(es) then type w to write and quit After that use any tool you want to create a new partition. Note: the disk must be unmounted to do this. - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-75270 Paris Cedex 06 Tél. +33 (0)1 8394 5849 http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7k+RYACgkQdE6C2dhV2JU8VQCfcpFKghfO+Skg1MhERZpqaNhM q48AoLAVlHSHWpzJbztSeQXYbIiKeNXl =1b6u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
