Subject: util-linux: fdisk does not detect the disksize Package: util-linux Version: 2.16.2-0 Severity: important
*** Please type your report below this line *** I installed successfully kfreebsd-i386 on ad0 on VMWare with an old debian-installer version : http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-i386/20090903-19:49/monolithic/mini.iso But when I want to add a new disk, i cannot create a partition, since fdisk doesn't manage to read the disk size : ----------------------------- # fdisk /dev/ad1 last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 20660 You will not be able to write the partition table. You must set cylinders. You can do this from the extra functions menu. Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/ad1: 0 MB, 0 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders ----------------------------- fdisk cannot read the size for ad0 either, but it manages to print the partition table. -- Dmesg extract : ad0: 4096MB <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive 00000001> at ata0-master UDMA33 ad1: 4096MB <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive 00000001> at ata0-slave UDMA33 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686) Kernel: kFreeBSD 8.0-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system ii initscripts 2.87dsf-10 scripts for initializing and shutt ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in ii libblkid1 2.16.2-0 block device id library ii libc0.1 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libuuid1 2.16.2-0 Universally Unique ID library ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii tzdata 2010f-2 time zone and daylight-saving time ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime util-linux recommends no packages. Versions of packages util-linux suggests: pn dosfstools <none> (no description available) pn kbd | console-tools <none> (no description available) pn util-linux-locales <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
