SuSE Linux: All versions
Disk doesn't contain a valid partition tableis displayed:
fdisk
(or specially fdisk -l
)
fdisk
cannot find any valid signature in the first partition
sector on a block device (signature 0xAA55
, see the LILO chapter
in the SuSE manual).
In most cases, the cause of this message is more harmless than the message implies. Two frequent causes are:
YaST/YaST2
or perhaps you have executed fdisk -l
during the
first installation while a CD is inserted in your CD-ROM unit.
In this case, the message refers most likely to the futile attempt of
fdisk
to read a partition sector from the CD. In fact,
fdisk -l
probes all hd?
and
sd?
block devices, including IDE CD-ROM units (provided a CD is inserted).
Test: (do not conduct this test during the first installation,
only during operation.) Remove the CD from the CD unit and execute
fdisk -l
a couple of times: the error message is no longer displayed :-)
fdisk
writes the right signature at the end
of this sector.