Problems with large disks

[Gerhard Vogt]

Hi,
I solved the problem in the meantime. There was some mess in the
partition table which caused fdisk to hang (which it should´t).
After using sfdisk to create a correct partition table, fdisk
could also handle the disk again.

Gerhard


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Dr. Gerhard Vogt                  EMAIL: vogt at embl-heidelberg.de
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Gerhard Vogt wrote:

> Hi,
> I´m trying to use Linux with an 2940 UW and three disks, a 2 GB 
> Seagate 32171 W, a 9 GB Seagate 19101 W and a 23 GB Seagate 423451 W.
> Disk two and three are in an external case.
> When I start "fdisk /dev/sdb" or "fdisk /dev/sdc", fdisks locks up
> when I type "P" (after displaying some info about the partition table).
> Is this a general problem of the driver or is something wrong with my
> setup. I will be happy to provide further setup info if necessary.
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Gerhard