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shazow
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 Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:24 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Partition block device missing for SSD |
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tl;dr: | Code: | # fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 9725312B-8E99-4A6D-AAC9-7DBE295C1005
Device Start End Size Type
/dev/sdc1 2048 6143 2M BIOS boot partition
/dev/sdc2 6144 500118158 238.5G Linux filesystem
# ls /dev/sdc*
/dev/sdc /dev/sdc1
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/dev/sdc2 is not showing up, even after rebooting, repartitioning, etc. But it used to before I repartitioned too many times.
Versions:
- gentoo-sources 3.14.4
- udev 215
The story:
I bought a new SSD (Crucial MX100 256GB) so I hooked it up and spent some time messing around with partition layouts. Everything was going fine, I used `parted -a optimal /dev/sdc` to setup a {grub, boot, rootfs} partition layout and all the correct block devices showed up. Then I changed my mind about having boot separated out, so I started from scratch and made it just the full rootfs partition (used mkfs.ext4). Then I realized I still needed the ~2mb grub partition, so I messed around with `partitionmanager` and some other tools to try and resize it but I gave up and nuked it and started from scratch again. Except this time, only one block device showed up (/dev/sdc1) for two partitions (grub and boot).
Things I have tried:
- Repartitioning with parted, fdisk, partitionmanager, gparted.
- Making more partitions (still just sdc1).
- Rebooting, shutting down.
- Banging my head on the wall.
I'd love some ideas of more things I can try.  For now, I'm going to upgrade my kernel to 3.15.x and hope for the best.
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Solution: Enable GUID Partition Tables in the kernel.
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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shazow,
You did add GPT support to your kernel, didn't you?
With a GPT disk label, you get a free 'protective' MSDOS disklabel too, which contains exactly one partition. Its of tyre EE but you will need to use an old fdisk (or a hex editor) to see it.
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NeddySeagoon
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shazow
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | | You did add GPT support to your kernel, didn't you? |
Aha, that could very well be it. Re-compiling the kernel now, will update with results. Thanks! |
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shazow
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yup that did the trick. Marked thread as SOLVED.
Thank you very much, NeddySeagoon. |
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