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Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

I've not created this mess dude :(. My brother did and i really want to help him. And sorry if i sounded rude but time is running out bro :(

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Typing fsdisk -l in console gave me nothing pal :S

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

its not fsdisk, its sfdisk. As far as I know it comes as part of busybox package.

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Well... Tried again with "sfdisk" and did nothing :'(

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MamoriNoTenshi (Post 1116293)

Well... Tried again with "sfdisk" and did nothing :'(

Nothing? Not even a failure message?

try it as root.

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Without root sfdisk and says "-sh: sfdisk: not found"

With root sfdisk says nothing lol it just throws another "Nokia-N900:~#"

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Seems like you have a borked sfdisk tool. Normally sfdisk as root should print you a small summary of commands.

It should be something like this:

Code:

Nokia-N900:~# sfdisk

sfdisk version 3.08 (aeb@cwi.nl, 040824) from util-linux-2.12r

Usage: sfdisk [options] device ...

device: something like /dev/hda or /dev/sda

useful options:

    -s [or --show-size]: list size of a partition

    -c [or --id]:        print or change partition Id

    -l [or --list]:      list partitions of each device

    -d [or --dump]:      idem, but in a format suitable for later input

    -i [or --increment]: number cylinders etc. from 1 instead of from 0

    -uS, -uB, -uC, -uM:  accept/report in units of sectors/blocks/cylinders/MB

    -T [or --list-types]:list the known partition types

    -D [or --DOS]:       for DOS-compatibility: waste a little space

    -R [or --re-read]:   make kernel reread partition table

    -N# :                change only the partition with number #

    -n :                 do not actually write to disk

    -O file :            save the sectors that will be overwritten to file

    -I file :            restore these sectors again

    -v [or --version]:   print version

    -? [or --help]:      print this message

dangerous options:

    -g [or --show-geometry]: print the kernel's idea of the geometry

    -G [or --show-pt-geometry]: print geometry guessed from the partition table

    -x [or --show-extended]: also list extended partitions on output

                             or expect descriptors for them on input

    -L  [or --Linux]:      do not complain about things irrelevant for Linux

    -q  [or --quiet]:      suppress warning messages

    You can override the detected geometry using:

    -C# [or --cylinders #]:set the number of cylinders to use

    -H# [or --heads #]:    set the number of heads to use

    -S# [or --sectors #]:  set the number of sectors to use

You can disable all consistency checking with:

    -f  [or --force]:      do what I say, even if it is stupid

Nokia-N900:~#

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Yah if i type "sfdisk" it shows me those commands but if i type "sfdisk -l" it shows nothing at all

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Did you type "sfdisk -l" (as root)? Not as normal user, but as root? You should get an output.

Also note that its lowercase L not the number 1.

Re: N900/Linux Experts Needed Badly!! (EMMC)

Yep, i got nothing lol as root.