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Nick W
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 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:05 am Post subject: FDISK on External Drive Question about Mounts |
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Hi all,
I have an external usb HD that i can partition easily enough with fdisk but i have the following query:
After I have created the 2 partitions, fdisk tells me that they are on /dev/sda1p1 and /dev/sda1p2 BUT those files/devices dont exist in the /dev dir?
What is the 'proper' way to do this?
(sorry my question is a little vague, ask anything you like 
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hecatomb
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IMHO you have patitioned a partition.
/dev/sda is your first scsi disk
/dev/sda1 is your first partition in the first scsi disk
You have used fdisk /dev/sda1 I think.
To partition it use
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Nick W
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Why is it that my problems are often embarrassingly simple once explained?
thanks, that's spot on of course....
Cheers
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