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I have an older 1-gig MP3 player with a USB interface that plugs into |
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a PC and looks like a mass-storage device. It also recharges the |
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internal battery from the USB port. I had it plugged in when I made a |
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tweak to my kernel, and ran lilo to update the boot process for the new |
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kernel. I got the following message... |
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Reference: disk "/dev/sdc" (8,32) 0820 |
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LILO wants to assign a new Volume ID to this disk drive. However, changing |
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the Volume ID of a Windows NT, 2000, or XP boot disk is a fatal Windows error. |
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This caution does not apply to Windows 95 or 98, or to NT data disks. |
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Is the above disk an NT boot disk? [Y/n]^C |
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======================================================================= |
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I hit {CTRL-C} to stop it. Then I unplugged the MP3 player, and ran |
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lilo without incident. Was lilo actually intending to physically write |
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to /dev/sdc? BTW, here's the output of "fdisk -l". The MP3 player is |
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listed at the end. |
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======================================================================= |
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Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes |
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255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders |
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Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier: 0x9ba53901 |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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/dev/sda1 1 121601 976760001 5 Extended |
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/dev/sda5 1 33 265009+ 83 Linux |
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/dev/sda6 34 1209 9446188+ 82 Linux swap / |
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Solaris |
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/dev/sda7 1210 121601 967048708+ 83 Linux |
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Disk /dev/sdc: 1041 MB, 1041367040 bytes |
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227 heads, 56 sectors/track, 160 cylinders |
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Units = cylinders of 12712 * 512 = 6508544 bytes |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
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Disk identifier: 0x00000000 |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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/dev/sdc1 * 1 160 1016932 b W95 FAT32 |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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