From: Vladimir Romanov <blueboar2@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:14:35 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKx5OMaNgfWbnnUjDT7Sdcso0TujbT64YzkivioTh0++muHnmw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190705211207.7766dd87@binro.org>
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Fdisk can not work with drives larger than 2TB. Your drive may be slightly
(10 mb) larger than that, so the result. For such disks you need not Fdisk,
but GPT programs.
пт, 5 июл. 2019 г., 19:12 Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org>:
> I just bought a new "2TB" Western Digital hard drive. Imagine my
> surprise when fdisk reports it is only 10MiB in capacity! Is there
> anything I can do to rectify this (of a technical nature)? I live in
> Bangkok so it is not unlikely the guy in the little shop where I bought
> it sold me a load of junk. But the device is in warranty until 2022
> and looks convincing (I checked the serial number on the WD web
> site). Of course I can go to the WD service centre and get the HD
> exchanged but I thought I would see if there were any technical
> wheezes first.
>
> Thanks
> Robin
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> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-05 14:12 [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:14 ` Vladimir Romanov [this message]
2019-07-05 14:30 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:31 ` Vladimir Romanov
2019-07-05 14:36 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:40 ` Vladimir Romanov
2019-07-05 15:42 ` Grant Taylor
2019-07-05 14:34 ` Mick
2019-07-05 14:44 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:47 ` Mick
2019-07-05 15:33 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 23:11 ` Adam Carter
2019-07-06 14:30 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-06 14:56 ` Dale
2019-07-06 22:19 ` Wol's lists
2019-07-07 1:12 ` Dale
2019-07-07 12:19 ` Wols Lists
2019-07-07 12:38 ` Dale
2019-07-09 1:34 ` Adam Carter
2019-07-09 21:45 ` Wols Lists
2019-07-06 1:14 ` Paul Colquhoun
2019-07-06 14:28 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-06 22:23 ` Wol's lists
2019-07-07 1:15 ` Dale
2019-07-09 22:06 ` Mike Gilbert
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