[SOLVED] WHY DOES fdisk -l print ...

cajunchief · 08-08-2014, 10:27 AM

wHY Does fdisk -l print "blank" on my Hp envy cpu?

It doesnt print the word blank, however, nothing comes to the screen?

Thank you for your help.
cajunchief

Ztcoracat · 08-08-2014, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by cajunchief

wHY Does fdisk -l print "blank" on my Hp envy cpu?

It doesnt print the word blank, however, nothing comes to the screen?

Thank you for your help.
cajunchief

On some distributions you have to have administrative/root privileges.
Try running the fdisk -l command as "root"

jailbait · 08-08-2014, 11:17 AM

From the fdisk man page:

"List the partition tables for the specified devices and then exit. If no devices are given, those mentioned in /proc/partitions (if that exists) are used."

So if you have nothing in /proc/partitions then fdisk -l will list nothing.

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Steve Stites

cajunchief · 08-09-2014, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jailbait

From the fdisk man page:

"List the partition tables for the specified devices and then exit. If no devices are given, those mentioned in /proc/partitions (if that exists) are used."

So if you have nothing in /proc/partitions then fdisk -l will list nothing.

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Steve Stites

jailbait,

Here is what is in my /proc/partitions

8 0 976762584 sda
8 1 204800 sda1
8 2 512000 sda2
8 3 976044032 sda3
8 16 1953514584 sdb
253 0 52428800 dm-0
253 1 6127616 dm-1
8 32 1003520 sdc
8 33 1003272 sdc1
253 2 917483520 dm-2

shouldn't something be listed from here?

cajunchief

Ztcoracat · 08-09-2014, 08:46 AM

jailbait-

Since there are 3 drives would the lsblk or the blkid cmd help?

jailbait · 08-09-2014, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cajunchief

jailbait,

Here is what is in my /proc/partitions

8 0 976762584 sda
8 1 204800 sda1
8 2 512000 sda2
8 3 976044032 sda3
8 16 1953514584 sdb
253 0 52428800 dm-0
253 1 6127616 dm-1
8 32 1003520 sdc
8 33 1003272 sdc1
253 2 917483520 dm-2

shouldn't something be listed from here?

cajunchief

Yes, fdisk should list this /proc/partitions. You have some large partitions and according to the fdisk man page:

"fdisk does not understand GUID partition tables (GPTs) and it is not designed for large partitions. In these cases, use the more advanced GNU parted(8)"

So I suggest that you give up on fdisk and try using parted.

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Steve Stites

cajunchief · 08-12-2014, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jailbait

Yes, fdisk should list this /proc/partitions. You have some large partitions and according to the fdisk man page:

"fdisk does not understand GUID partition tables (GPTs) and it is not designed for large partitions. In these cases, use the more advanced GNU parted(8)"

So I suggest that you give up on fdisk and try using parted.

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Steve Stites

Steve,

Thanks for the input I do agree with your surmise. Thanks again! Problem solved
cajunchief