GParted in Slacko6.9.9.9 will not detect Hard Drive

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GParted in Slacko6.9.9.9 will not detect Hard Drive

#1 Post by david-c »

I am currently using Slacko6.9.9.9 but GParted will not show the contents of my Hard Drive - see attached Screenshot.

The older versions of Slacko (eg. Slacko6.3.2 and Slacko5.7.0) and Precise (Precise5.7.1 and Precise5.4.3) that I also have on the same computer do not have this problem.

Here's the contents of fdisk -l and df -h :

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 249.8 MiB, 261939200 bytes, 511600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 2.2 MiB, 2347008 bytes, 4584 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 82.4 MiB, 86417408 bytes, 168784 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 158.9 MiB, 166563840 bytes, 325320 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000c4e3a

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 63 80324 80262 39.2M de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 81920 30801919 30720000 14.7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 30801920 337778687 306976768 146.4G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 337780736 625139711 287358976 137G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 472172544 537708543 65536000 31.3G b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 438347776 471115775 32768000 15.6G b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 537729024 558700543 20971520 10G b W95 FAT32

Partition table entries are not in disk order.


# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1.5G 533M 983M 36% /initrd/mnt/tmpfs
unionfs 1.5G 533M 983M 36% /
/dev/loop0 250M 250M 0 100% /initrd/pup_ro2
/dev/loop1 2.3M 2.3M 0 100% /initrd/pup_f
/dev/loop2 83M 83M 0 100% /initrd/pup_z
/dev/loop3 159M 159M 0 100% /initrd/pup_a
devtmpfs 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /dev
shmfs 629M 40M 589M 7% /dev/shm
#

Is there any adjustment that I can make to Slacko6.9.9.9 in order to rectify this issue?

Thanks,

Dave
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aaaaa
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#2 Post by aaaaa »

df -h doesn't show this:
/dev/sda1

I wonder why.

Might be a slackware issue

Slacko 6.9.9.9 is really old, the issue might be fixed in a recent slacko.. which is also 6.9.9.9.

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#3 Post by Peterm321 »

aaaaa 15 July 2018, 21:19 wrote: df -h doesn't show this:
/dev/sda1

I wonder why.

Might be a slackware issue
Not a slackware issue, its a df issue. The df command AFAICS does not display information on non-mounted filesystems.

My best but speculative guess is that gparted does not recognise the Dell diagnostics partition and/or the Exfat partitions and gives up? However, it appears the kernel sees the partitions including the vfat partitions. This could be tested by this on a terminal:

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mkdir /tmp/SDA5
mount -t vfat    /dev/sda5    /tmp/SDA5 -o ro
df-FULL -h
umount /tmp/SDA5


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#4 Post by bigpup »

What version of Gparted?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
YaPI(any iso installer)

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