[NTLUG:Discuss] cfdisk and bootable partition flag

[Terry]

On 1/12/06, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/11/06, ntlug at levelofdetail.com <ntlug at levelofdetail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Another curiosity -
> >
> > When I
> >
> >    cfdisk -P /dev/hdb
> >
> > the header info of cfdisk indicates that I'm look at /dev/hda.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Ed
>
> How many hard drives do you have in this computer?
>

I'm sorry, I wiped out the first line that says that you have two hard
drives.  But, I'm not sure what to make of it what you say,
"the header info of cfdisk indicates that I'm look at /dev/hda"
I think you'd have to give us a little more information about your
computer before we can determine what "cfdisk -P /dev/hdb" is telling
you about your system.

In other words give us the exact output of "cfdisk -P /dev/hdb" and
then "cfdisk -P /dev/hda" as well, so we can compare and understand
better.

Actually, I'm more familiar with fdisk, and would probably understand
it's output better, so why don't you try
fdisk -l /dev/hda
&
fdisk -l /dev/hdb
and see if that gives you or us information we need.