QUESTION : I have performance hard drive issue so I decide to look my drive when I type: sudo fdisk […]
Tag: fdisk
Recover harddrive data
Problem : I have a dell laptop that recently “died” (It would get the blue screen of death upon starting) […]
How to shrink an ext2 partition?
Problem : I have an ext2 partition that takes up the whole disk (which is /dev/sdc). I have unplugged the […]
Extended partition does not start on physical sector boundary on 512e (emulated 4k) hard-drive
QUESTION : My fdisk -l output tells me that my extended partition (sda4) is misaligned. But partitions inside it are […]
Partition size from “df -h ” vs “fdsisk -l”
Problem : Partition size using “df-h” Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 19G 17G 516M 98% / none […]
Clonezilla gives disk in use on restore ( sfdisk This dis is currently used )
Problem : I am trying to automate a clonezilla imaging, Thie issue is that the restore fails due to it […]
Warning: Partition X does not end on cylinder boundary. Should I care/how to fix?
Problem : My output of fdisk -l is Disk /dev/sda: 750 GB, 750153761280 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders […]
How to learn what `gparted`, `partitionmanager`… libcalls or `fdisk`, `parted`… commands are wrapping?
Problem : Querying partitionmananger –help does not document any verbose mode. Even gparted –help is not implemented. I wish I […]
How do I get the MBR Partition table with newest fdisk?
Problem : I need to examine the MBR part of a hybrid MBR/GPT USB Stick. My version of fdisk (fdisk […]
NTFS partition broke: Won’t mount in Linux & Windows won’t boot
QUESTION : When I try to mount my NTFS partition containing windows in Linux, I get this: ~$ sudo mount […]