[clug] Debian partitioner doesn't see partitions

[Owen Cook]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Arafangion wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:51 am, Owen wrote:
> <snip>
> > Tried to install Debian from a dvd and it only saw hdc and no partitions.
> <snip>
> > "The partition table on device hdc was unreadable. To create new partitions
> > it must be initialized...."
> 
> Yes, apparently you do not have any partitions. You need to create partitions 
> to install any OS onto it.


Well the output of fdisk is 

Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc2            2433        2556      996030   82  Linux swap
/dev/hdc3            2557        4989    19543072+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc4               1        9729    78148161    5  Extended
/dev/hdc5               1        2432    19534977   83  Linux
/dev/hdc6            4990        5660     5389776   83  Linux
/dev/hdc7            5661        5790     1044193+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hdc8            5791        9729    31639986   83  Linux


So the partitions are there, anyway, the problem probably lies with having
an extended partition starting on cylinder1

I removed a boot flag some time ago and maybe that stuffed things up



Owen