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From: | Mike Ester |
Subject: | Inconsistent FAT size |
Date: | Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:00:52 -0500 |
I came across an unusual error message using
parted, but I have a theory as to why it occurred. First, the
information:
Parted Version: Boot Disk Version 2 (Based on BYLD
and Red Hat 6.1)
Results of print command:
Disk Geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000 - 19073.486
megabytes
Minor Start
End
Type Filesystem
Flags
1 0.031
19069.343 Primary
FAT boot,
lba
When I attempt to resize the partition with the
following command:
resize 1 .031 15000
I receive the following error message:
Error: the FATs aren't big enough to describe all
clusters! Each FAT is 9530 sectors. There are 1219839 clusters, which would
require each FAT to be 9531 sectors. This is REALLY weird. You might want to
write us an email: address@hidden.
This is my theory as to why it occurred: This
particular hard drive had been replaced long before I had started using parted.
Since it was a warranty replacement, the OEM had provided a diskette with a hard
drive utility that performs a "quick" partition/format via a menu. I used this
diskette to prepare the drive.
A like system next to this one permitted the resize
without any errors. I do know that I had previously wiped the partition
structure and reinitialized it with Microsoft's FDISK on their Windows 98
startup disk.
Is it possible that the OEM's hard
disk utility does some fancy chicanery, to perform its "quick formattin"
magic, therefore accounting for the the inconsistent FAT size? I'm not looking
for a resolution to this. I just wanted to pass this information along, in case
others have run across this.
On a side note, many thanks to with gnu.org for
providing valuable software for the masses. I've only been using parted for a
short time and it has been very useful.
Mike Ester, A+
Computer Support Technician III Austin Community College 1020 Grove Blvd. Bldg. D, Room 5004 Austin, TX 78741 Voice: 512-223-6137 Fax: 512-223-6750 Pager: 512-896-6684 Email: address@hidden |
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