I am trying not to be an idiot but I cannot figure out the right syntax for the fdisk command. My drive location is /dev/sdj . I have tried 'fdisk -p /dev/sdj' and it says invalid option 'p' . I have also tried 'fdisk -t /dev/sdj' and it tells me its an unsupported disklabel.
Using the parted command I can see the partition table is listed as loop. My largest drive shows as GPT and the others as msdos. I am not sure how to format to the MBR format you noted above.
I am not sure which one. I used fdisk within Ubunto to format the disk. I do not remember having that option to choose and not sure what the default is. How can I check what the partition scheme is?
Hello,
I have a Humax Fox T2 with a 1TB internal hard drive. Since I eventually ran out of storage space I started using a Western Digital 2 TB USB 3 hard drive that I connect using a Belkin Ultra Slim 4 Port USB Hub with a power supply. The reason for the hub was to ensure the hard drive had...
I am trying not to be an idiot but I cannot figure out the right syntax for the fdisk command. My drive location is /dev/sdj . I have tried 'fdisk -p /dev/sdj' and it says invalid option 'p' . I have also tried 'fdisk -t /dev/sdj' and it tells me its an unsupported disklabel.
Using the parted command I can see the partition table is listed as loop. My largest drive shows as GPT and the others as msdos. I am not sure how to format to the MBR format you noted above.
I am not sure which one. I used fdisk within Ubunto to format the disk. I do not remember having that option to choose and not sure what the default is. How can I check what the partition scheme is?
Hello,
I have a Humax Fox T2 with a 1TB internal hard drive. Since I eventually ran out of storage space I started using a Western Digital 2 TB USB 3 hard drive that I connect using a Belkin Ultra Slim 4 Port USB Hub with a power supply. The reason for the hub was to ensure the hard drive had...
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