cfdisk crashes system

[user unknown]

Also if it were not necessary to wipe a drive from time to time then why do such tools exist? Commercially even! I see you agree on using windows tools for windows partitions.

If you believe that reformatting a partition wipes away everything that was previously on that partition then you are sadly mistaken because it does not.

I don't believe that reformatting a partition wipes it, and I don't believe in horoskops, the magic power of semi-precious stones, of cruzifixes and and antibacterial cleaning agents - commercially even!
You may need to wipe data away, when you sell your old harddrive and keep your data secret.
Contrawise! You see the tools don't wipe the data, so that's an indicator, that you don't need it.
But if you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

I stoped using windows-tools for windows partitions, because my linux-tools work.

sergioroa: Do you have SATA or RAID?
I found a similar problem here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=201411

[sergioroa]

sergioroa: Do you have SATA or RAID?
I found a similar problem here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=201411
I do not have SATA or RAID. Only a standard IDE drive.

[mzilikazi]

Of course! In fact, when I try to write the partition table using Knoppix, the system crashes. When I write the partition table using Gentoo, all goes well. I restart the computer using Gentoo and I see the partitions. Then, I restart the PC using Knoppix and I don't see anything.

OK sorry but I wanted to be certain. Sure is a strange problem. The only thing I can think of is perhaps a faulty Knoppix cd. Did you check the md5sum before burning it? How about using the testcd cheatcode? Personally I would try another version of Knoppix although I must say I have heard of no other problems like yours w/ any version of Knoppix.

[sergioroa]

OK sorry but I wanted to be certain. Sure is a strange problem. The only thing I can think of is perhaps a faulty Knoppix cd. Did you check the md5sum before burning it? How about using the testcd cheatcode? Personally I would try another version of Knoppix although I must say I have heard of no other problems like yours w/ any version of Knoppix.

Yes, but it is more strange because I use the same CD in other PCs, and those partition information is correctly shown. I am downloading Knoppix 3.6 now.

[sergioroa]

Finally, I have used Knoppix 3.6 Live CD and now the partitions are shown

[sergioroa]

Finally, I have used Knoppix 3.6 Live CD and now the partitions are shown

Well, now I have a clue about the problem. The partition configuration program QtParted shows the following message:

Partition table on /dev/hda is inconsistent. The most likely reason, among others, is that Linux detected the BIOS geometry for /dev/hda incorrectly. GNU Parted suspects the real geometry should be 1027/255/63 (not 16383/16/63). You should check your BIOS first. As this may not be correct, You can inform Linux by adding the parameter hda=1027,255,63 to the command line.

I was a bit curious and I started the Knoppix CD 3.3 using this parameter at the LILO prompt without success. I have installed Knoppix 3.6 but now I have a kernel panic [/list]

[user unknown]

I thought it depended on the bios-settings and told you so - but don't have a deeper knowledge to help you out.

But why don't you use the live-cd to partition your drive?