Dear bros,

I got the following error when I formatting my new USB HDD:

Disk /dev/sdh1: 120.0 GB, 120034091520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdh1p1 1 14593 117218241 5 Extended
/dev/sdh1p5 1 14593 117218209+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: Invalid argument

Anyone knows why??????

I cannot use my new hdd in the nas. What can i do???
please help......

thanks a lot

why what?
if you reformated the drive - of course the partition-table is altered.

What command did you use to do the job?

fdisk /dev/sdh1 ?

it should have been:

fdisk /dev/sdh

- you want to create partitions on the drive - not create partitions on the first partition of the drive...

there is the nicer to work with "cfdisk" tool - try that sometime

I ask since I got this: "fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: Invalid argument"

And I've successfully format my hdd using mkfs.xfs.

Thanks very much@@@

just to make the difference clear:
you did not
-you made partitions on the disk using fdisk (format)
-then you made a filesystem on the partitions you created - your choice for a filesystem was xfs

this
made me wonder...
I read this as: drive sdh, partition 1, p5 looks kind of weird to me - it would mean (sub)partition 5

That is why I thought that something was wrong.

It works for you - so it is o.k...