odd hdd problem

[mhonkieys]

i picked an old IDE hdd off of a computer and wanted to use it for swap on my gentoo box, well first i fdisked it and made the correct partition or so i though, however when i write to the disk and exit, it is as if fdisk did nothing, when i start fdisk on the drive again, its as if no changes are made, any advice?
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[mhonkieys]

Partition Table for /dev/hdc

---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of
# Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors
-- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---------
1 0x80 0 2 0 0x82 14 56 988 1 830759
2 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
3 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
4 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
cfdisk 2.11y

Disk Drive: /dev/hdc
Size: 425349120 bytes, 425 MB
Heads: 15 Sectors per Track: 56 Cylinders: 989

Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hdc1 Boot, NC Primary Linux swap 425.35












[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ]
[ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Wrote partition table to disk
Toggle bootable flag of the current partition
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So geeks like myself could feel self righteous.
Thanks Bill, i do.