That's what I thought, but was hoping that someone might know of some sort of workaround. Thanks Ugh!!
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Andrew Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: > The only way to change it to a mbr is to wipe the entire drive. You are > changing the partition layout and definition. > On Jul 6, 2012 9:57 PM, "brett michaels" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I tried to install Arch on /dev/sdc4, it wouldn't install because the >> partition labeled as "gpt" was incorrect and instructed to use "GNU >> Parted" >> to change the label to "MBR". >> I have been trying to do that, but the program does not seem to recognize >> any drive other than /dev/sda. >> Below is a pasted version of one of several attempts to change the disk >> back to "mbr". >> Is there any way to get the program to recognize the other 2 drives and >> change the label to "mbr" without losing data? >> I also attempted to run GNU Parted from /dev/sdc, but it only recognizes >> /dev/sda.. >> This disaster was the result of a failed attempt to install Centos.. >> >> root@Plato:/home/rpmcmurphy# parted >> GNU Parted 2.3 >> Using /dev/sda >> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. >> (parted) DEVICE /dev/sdc >> align-check TYPE N check partition N for >> TYPE(min|opt) >> alignment >> check NUMBER do a simple check on the file >> system >> cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another >> partition >> help [COMMAND] print general help, or help on >> COMMAND >> mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE create a new disklabel >> (partition >> table) >> mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE make a FS-TYPE file system on >> partition NUMBER >> mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition >> mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END make a partition with a file >> system >> move NUMBER START END move partition NUMBER >> name NUMBER NAME name partition NUMBER as NAME >> print [devices|free|list,all|NUMBER] display the partition table, >> available devices, free space, all found partitions, or a >> particular >> partition >> quit exit program >> rescue START END rescue a lost partition near >> START >> and END >> resize NUMBER START END resize partition NUMBER and its >> file >> system >> rm NUMBER delete partition NUMBER >> select DEVICE choose the device to edit >> set NUMBER FLAG STATE change the FLAG on partition >> NUMBER >> toggle [NUMBER [FLAG]] toggle the state of FLAG on >> partition >> NUMBER >> unit UNIT set the default unit to UNIT >> version display the version number and >> copyright information of GNU Parted >> align-check TYPE N check partition N for >> TYPE(min|opt) >> alignment >> check NUMBER do a simple check on the file >> system >> cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another >> partition >> help [COMMAND] print general help, or help on >> COMMAND >> mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE create a new disklabel >> (partition >> table) >> mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE make a FS-TYPE file system on >> partition NUMBER >> mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition >> mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END make a partition with a file >> system >> move NUMBER START END move partition NUMBER >> name NUMBER NAME name partition NUMBER as NAME >> print [devices|free|list,all|NUMBER] display the partition table, >> available devices, free space, all found partitions, or a >> particular >> partition >> quit exit program >> rescue START END rescue a lost partition near >> START >> and END >> resize NUMBER START END resize partition NUMBER and its >> file >> system >> rm NUMBER delete partition NUMBER >> select DEVICE choose the device to edit >> set NUMBER FLAG STATE change the FLAG on partition >> NUMBER >> toggle [NUMBER [FLAG]] toggle the state of FLAG on >> partition >> NUMBER >> unit UNIT set the default unit to UNIT >> version display the version number and >> copyright information of GNU Parted >> (parted) print >> Model: ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M (scsi) >> Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >> Partition Table: gpt >> >> Number Start End Size File system Name Flags >> 1 17.4kB 1018kB 1000kB bios_grub >> 2 1018kB 1984GB 1984GB ext3 boot >> 3 1984GB 2000GB 16.4GB linux-swap(v1) >> >> (parted) DEVICE /dev/sdc mklabel >> align-check TYPE N check partition N for >> TYPE(min|opt) >> alignment >> check NUMBER do a simple check on the file >> system >> cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another >> partition >> help [COMMAND] print general help, or help on >> COMMAND >> mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE create a new disklabel >> (partition >> table) >> mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE make a FS-TYPE file system on >> partition NUMBER >> mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition >> mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END make a partition with a file >> system >> move NUMBER START END move partition NUMBER >> name NUMBER NAME name partition NUMBER as NAME >> print [devices|free|list,all|NUMBER] display the partition table, >> available devices, free space, all found partitions, or a >> particular >> partition >> quit exit program >> rescue START END rescue a lost partition near >> START >> and END >> resize NUMBER START END resize partition NUMBER and its >> file >> system >> rm NUMBER delete partition NUMBER >> select DEVICE choose the device to edit >> set NUMBER FLAG STATE change the FLAG on partition >> NUMBER >> toggle [NUMBER [FLAG]] toggle the state of FLAG on >> partition >> NUMBER >> unit UNIT set the default unit to UNIT >> version display the version number and >> copyright information of GNU Parted >> align-check TYPE N check partition N for >> TYPE(min|opt) >> alignment >> check NUMBER do a simple check on the file >> system >> cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another >> partition >> help [COMMAND] print general help, or help on >> COMMAND >> mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE create a new disklabel >> (partition >> table) >> mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE make a FS-TYPE file system on >> partition NUMBER >> mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition >> mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END make a partition with a file >> system >> move NUMBER START END move partition NUMBER >> name NUMBER NAME name partition NUMBER as NAME >> print [devices|free|list,all|NUMBER] display the partition table, >> available devices, free space, all found partitions, or a >> particular >> partition >> quit exit program >> rescue START END rescue a lost partition near >> START >> and END >> resize NUMBER START END resize partition NUMBER and its >> file >> system >> rm NUMBER delete partition NUMBER >> select DEVICE choose the device to edit >> set NUMBER FLAG STATE change the FLAG on partition >> NUMBER >> toggle [NUMBER [FLAG]] toggle the state of FLAG on >> partition >> NUMBER >> unit UNIT set the default unit to UNIT >> version display the version number and >> copyright information of GNU Parted >> New disk label type? MBR >> parted: invalid token: MBR >> New disk label type? GPT >> Warning: Partition(s) on /dev/sda are being used. >> Ignore/Cancel? Cancel >> (parted) >> >
