Disk greater 8GB with old BIOS

I try to get a 40GB Western Digital WD Caviar 450AA work properly on the secondary IDE controller as a master drive. It should have the function as a data storage. I got the patch 110202-01 applied on my system, which should get disks greater than 8GB to work. It well has an effect on the system. I was able to fdisk the drive with a geometry file when the drive was set to LBA in the BIOS. Further I was able to partition the drive with the sol8 x86 native format tool - I set the 0 partition to 'usr' and got the whole disk size stuck in one partition. Thes disk was labeled, everything worked fine so far, but afterwards I was not able to build an UFS filesystem on the disk. Neither with 'newfs' nor with 'mkfs'.
Has anyone an idea how to solve this problem?

plenus wrote:1) It seems that I can't use a a regular partition larger than 2.2TB, so I will have to use GPT. Do I need (or is it recommended) to partition both disks with GPT? Does it work with non EFI BIOSes? Can I use a regular GRUB2 install?
According to wikipedia, linux has no problem booting from GPT on BIOS, and accordind to archwiki, GRUB2 provides the ability to boot from GPT in both BIOS and UEFI based systems.. I dont think that formating both disk with GPT is necessary, but I am not sure.
plenus wrote:2) What is the recommended way of installing arch using this set up? Do I install everything under the SSD and later move /var and /home to the HDD?
I would install with this approach.
plenus wrote:3) What is the best way to have the complete final root file system: using symlinks, bind mounts, or any other technique?
In this setup (/var and /home on one big partition), I would use symlinks.
plenus wrote:4) I deal with huge files and sometimes huge pictures and huge memory needs (Blender 3D, GIMP and Inkscape with huge files, radiosity rendering, etc). I've read that a swap partition is not needed nowadays. So I was thinking of creating just a swap file inside the HDD partition. Would it degrade too much the HDD performance or fragmentation? Could it be used for hibernation?
This says Google about swap file/partition performance. You could use hibernation. I allways go with swap partition, but nowadays it is just proforma, because I have enough memory to never use swap.
plenus wrote:5) Can I use the regular arch install procedure to accomplish all that or do i have to prepare anything before/after?
I think (but I'm not sure, though) parted is on installation media.

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[solved] How to install with old BIOS + 60GB SSD + 3TB HDD + fulldisk?

I'm new to archlinux and this will be my first install. I use Debian and Kubuntu, but I'm no expert. I've read many archlinux docs (and they *are good*, congatulations), but I couldn't find specifics to what I want to do.
My system is a desktop box (6GB RAM) that I use for video editing, compiling, browsing and many other unrelated things. What I plan to do is to organize things in the following way:
SSD (60GB): first disk (for a fast boot up time) with only one partition, ext4
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HDD (3TB): second disk with only one partition, ext4
Mounted as /something
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My reason to use only one partition for / and one for /home and /var is to not have to worry about balancing partition sizes among system files, user files, web server files, etc.
Could you please comment on the following:
1) It seems that I can't use a a regular partition larger than 2.2TB, so I will have to use GPT. Do I need (or is it recommended) to partition both disks with GPT? Does it work with non EFI BIOSes? Can I use a regular GRUB2 install?
2) What is the recommended way of installing arch using this set up? Do I install everything under the SSD and later move /var and /home to the HDD?
3) What is the best way to have the complete final root file system: using symlinks, bind mounts, or any other technique?
4) I deal with huge files and sometimes huge pictures and huge memory needs (Blender 3D, GIMP and Inkscape with huge files, radiosity rendering, etc). I've read that a swap partition is not needed nowadays. So I was thinking of creating just a swap file inside the HDD partition. Would it degrade too much the HDD performance or fragmentation? Could it be used for hibernation?
5) Can I use the regular arch install procedure to accomplish all that or do i have to prepare anything before/after?
6) Any other tips?
Thanks
Last edited by plenus (2012-04-21 02:49:47)

plenus wrote:1) It seems that I can't use a a regular partition larger than 2.2TB, so I will have to use GPT. Do I need (or is it recommended) to partition both disks with GPT? Does it work with non EFI BIOSes? Can I use a regular GRUB2 install?
According to wikipedia, linux has no problem booting from GPT on BIOS, and accordind to archwiki, GRUB2 provides the ability to boot from GPT in both BIOS and UEFI based systems.. I dont think that formating both disk with GPT is necessary, but I am not sure.
plenus wrote:2) What is the recommended way of installing arch using this set up? Do I install everything under the SSD and later move /var and /home to the HDD?
I would install with this approach.
plenus wrote:3) What is the best way to have the complete final root file system: using symlinks, bind mounts, or any other technique?
In this setup (/var and /home on one big partition), I would use symlinks.
plenus wrote:4) I deal with huge files and sometimes huge pictures and huge memory needs (Blender 3D, GIMP and Inkscape with huge files, radiosity rendering, etc). I've read that a swap partition is not needed nowadays. So I was thinking of creating just a swap file inside the HDD partition. Would it degrade too much the HDD performance or fragmentation? Could it be used for hibernation?
This says Google about swap file/partition performance. You could use hibernation. I allways go with swap partition, but nowadays it is just proforma, because I have enough memory to never use swap.
plenus wrote:5) Can I use the regular arch install procedure to accomplish all that or do i have to prepare anything before/after?
I think (but I'm not sure, though) parted is on installation media.

MSI Ge70 0nd-224Fr request old Bios

Hi all,
I have a problem with my MSI Ge70 0nd-224Fr Notebook.
I have upgraded Bios from E1756IMS.511 to E1756IMS.514 and my graphic card GTX660M dosen't work correctly .
All was good with E1756IMS.511 Bios !
So i want to rool back to E1756IMS.511 Bios.
is anyone has this bios file because MSI website doesn't have link to old bios ?
I will be very very happy is someone can help me.
Best regards,

Some games doesn't detect correctly Nvidia graphics card (I have try with 314.x 320.x nvidia driver [and with last beta 320.49] and i have selected game exe association with nvidia card but it was good with E1756IMS.511 but not with E1756IMS.513 and E1756IMS.514)
example : i have bad shadows on mafia 2 bench (but with old bios it was good)
and For example (my os is Windows 8) with Areo Glass mod from big muscle (it working with E1756IMS.511 bios but not with E1756IMS.513 and 514 ...)
So for me, E1756IMS.511 is the best bios and the most "stable".
I didn't want overclock my graphic card, i only want the most stable system (the last bios release has a very negative resut on my system )
I have read that the 514 Bios solved a bug with "incorrect detection nvidia graphic card frequency", so it was the only reason of why i have made an upgrade of my bios ...
E1756IMS.514 Fixes:
- Modify radio switch device only present in Windows 8.
- Solve the problem of abnormal password window when first boot priority is IP4/IP6.
- Solve the abnormal problem of resume from S4 after disable/enable Full Screen Logo Display.
- Solve abnormal NVIDIA GPU frequency problem.
So my result is with E1756IMS.514:
- abnormal NVIDIA detection problem
- Artefact on game
Please, give me a link to original bios E1756IMS.511 and original EC.
Thank you for advance for your help.

Help! I deleted my System preferences by mistake! I'm absolutely positive they are gone. Unfortunately so are the disks that came with it. I'm using an Imac with os 10.4.11. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Try cleaning the disc, and be sure you have the right one.
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Make an appointment here: http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

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Hi
I use larch to build a customized live-usb system, and I'm pretty happy with it.
The problem is that I can't boot it on some old computers, with a BIOS that :
Doesn't support booting from USB devices
Doesn't support accessing USB devices
This mean, that, when using a CD with GRUB, the USB stick cannot be seen by GRUB.
That issue is discussed in the Ubuntu help : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB
As you can see, I have problem #2, so my option is to use Linux USB drivers to boot from the stick.
kernel /boot/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
The only problem is that, this seems to be Ubuntu-specific, and I don't know how to do that in Arch Linux : do I need a custom kernel or something ?
I tried searching for "cdrom-detect" in the Linux Kernel Documentation, without success.
Thanks
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I use Plop bootmanager to boot from usb cause my PC cant boot from usb because of BIOS
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link to mine> http://multidistro.com/downloads/plpbt
grub legacy entry
title Plop
root (hdx,x)
kernel /boot/plpbt
grub2
menuentry "Plop" {
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linux16 /boot/plpbt
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Erroneous "insufficient disk space" error with WaveStudio 7

This has been bugging me for over 2 years. I get the "Insufficient disk space" error with Vista x32 and x64 and now with Windows 7 x64 when I've edited a wav file and then try to save it. I have plenty of disk space.
I've searched till I'm blue in the face but cannot find an answer and am tired of the lame work-around. I know how to copy and paste the entire edited wav into another file and then save it. It's annoying, but it works. What gets me is why is this not fixed?
Running CTWave.exe as administrator does not work. Running in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode does not work.
I have been a faithful Creative Labs user for more years than I care to remember, but this one is shaking my faith. Is there anybody who can explain why this happens, or offer a fix?
Many thanks and keep on rockin',
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You may wish to try these steps in order to solve your issue:
1. Make sure your computer has the latest Java runtime. To do this, just google search "Download Java", go to the first URL and download that free software. This step should solve most of the "insufficient disk space" problems.
2. If step 1 failed to work, you can open "My computer", right click on the hard disk you were trying to write your files into. From the "File System" tab, check to see it's "NTFS" but not "FAT32".
3. If the above two steps do not work, try creating a new partition from your primary hard disk. To do this, click "Start" -> then right click "My Computer" -> "Manage" -> "Disk Management" -> Make sure you shrink a new volume for at least 50 GB to 100 GB free disk space, again please have the NTFS file system. Once you successfully created this new partition, do a format then try writing your music files onto this Disk.
4. I think the above 3 steps are able to solve your issue. However, there's a bug I found sometime back when Win 7 first released. You can try creating a "temp" folder in your primary system drive, writing any files in there should have no problem as long as disk space is sufficient.
5. I certainly do not hope that error was caused by your anti-virus programme, but if all failed, you may want to consider temporarily disable your anti-virus software, and if everything works fine, you might want to switch to a new anti-virus programme.
Cheers.
Originally Posted by bghcomposer
Dave, I also have this problem. I recently bought new components for a new computer and put it together myself. I took Audigy 2zs Platinum Pro out of my old computer (if it ain't broke, don't fix it!) and put it in the new one. After getting the drivers and programs downloaded and installed, I too, have an "insufficient disk space" error. It also won't record - where it would work wonderfully on my other computer!
As a music teacher, I record piano parts for the students to sing to, but I can no longer do that! This would be a great fix! Hope someone responds with an answer!
Brian

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I know very little about terminal, however I'm pretty good at dos so I can figure some things out if given some commands.
Anyway, I ran some commands and here are the results:
megaraid -showstatus
MEGARAID CLI version 1.0.12
No cmd argument
Um, so I think I remebered the command incorrectly and I did -showdevices instead. Sorry.
megaraid -showdevices
Physical devices Available = 3
Drive ID Identification Size(MB) Status
0 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Failed
1 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Online
2 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Online
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *153.3GB disk0
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5KB disk0s1
2: AppleHFSServer HD 153.2GB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *2.6GB disk1
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5KB disk1s1
2: AppleDriveATAPI 4.0KB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: type name size identifier
0: untitled *467.0KB disk2
/dev/disk3
#: type name size identifier
0: untitled *95.0KB disk3
/dev/disk4
#: type name size identifier
0: untitled *95.0KB disk4
/dev/disk5
#: type name size identifier
0: untitled *95.0KB disk5
/dev/disk6
#: type name size identifier
0: untitled *219.0KB disk6
megaraid -showconfig
Logical Drive RAID Level Stripe Size(KB) Size(MB) Status
0 5 64 156958 Degraded
megaraid -showapater
FW Version = A130
Bios Version = G117
Product Name = MegaRAID SATA 150-4D
Cache Size = 64MB
diskutil checkRAID
No RAID sets found
Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it and so do the teachers and the students!

Great DOT improvement using Bios 3.6 for 865PE Neo-2 P series

Great DOT improvement of Bios 3.6O for 865PE Neo-2 P series.
Thanks to NovJoe and everybody in the following thread (especially iliveonhope)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?sid=&postid=277300#post277300
The DOT is kind like straight forward approach by reaching the preset DOT on the bios after booting and during aplication for less then 2 second, the old bios is gradually increasing almost 1 minute or more.
Also the FSB reading on CC is function well not randomly change as on the last Bios.
The Autooverclocking value using CC if not change by default is always shown the maximum FSB.
The weaknesess is still the default value using 'save' on CC that not performing well (its better to have user define FSB value) and also the DOT range could be much higher then the Commander so I can set certain FSB value to max FSB value. (Waiting for the next improvement from the MSI Software Team).
It will work fine for anybody who use FSB:DRAM Feq. = 1:1 using DDR greater then 400
Interesting thing about this DOT method is it always back on the lowest FSB during stand-by, for me its great hardware saving (It will be great if the FSB stays on the user define setting).
Regarding the CPU temperatue is a little bit lower compared with the 865PE Neo-2 S series using the same Heat sink type.
Its worth to try except it cannot reach the maximum OCing due to the DOT rank limitation.
M/B 865 PE Neo-2 PFS Platinum Edition Bios Ver.3.6
CPU:P4 2.4C (HT enable) and ThermalTake SubZero 4G
(Commander,Turbo,2434 mHz - 2760 mHz)
Memory: Corsair XMS 3500 2x512 meg (dual-channel dimm 2 and 4) 2-3-2-5
VGA:ELSA Gladiac 925 Ti4600
HD:2 SATA Maxtor 80gig and 1 ATA Maxtor 80Gig
CD/RW Yamaha and Pioneer DVD
PSU:ThermalTake Silent PurePower 480W (W0010/Black)
+5 V/40 A, +3.3 V/30 A, +12 V/18 A, -5 V/0.3 A, -12 V/0.8 A, +5 VSB/2 A Peak Load 550 W
Window XP SP1
NEC FP2141SB
Microsoft DesktopPro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum + Klipsch Promedia 4.1

clausman,
What bios version do you used ? is already version 3.6
If you are using Bios 3.60 try to run PC mark 2002 or other benching software (if you have it), you will note that when the benchmark starting the FSB will raise and then after you stop it in the middle or end the FSB will go back to the lowest FSB (Do it by showing the CC beside the PC mark.
Please let me know.
M/B 865 PE Neo-2 PFS Platinum Edition Bios Ver.3.6
CPU:P4 2.4C (HT enable) and ThermalTake SubZero 4G
(Commander,Turbo,2434 mHz - 2760 mHz)
Memory: Corsair XMS 3500 2x512 meg (dual-channel dimm 2 and 4) 2-3-2-5
VGA:ELSA Gladiac 925 Ti4600
HD:2 SATA Maxtor 80gig and 1 ATA Maxtor 80Gig
CD/RW Yamaha and Pioneer DVD
PSU:ThermalTake Silent PurePower 480W (W0010/Black)
+5 V/40 A, +3.3 V/30 A, +12 V/18 A, -5 V/0.3 A, -12 V/0.8 A, +5 VSB/2 A Peak Load 550 W
Window XP SP1
NEC FP2141SB
Microsoft DesktopPro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum + Klipsch Promedia 4.1

K8N Neo2: Another problem with the BIOS 1.9

I flashed my K8N Neo2 with the BIOS 1.9, I lost the MAC address of the NVIDIA NIC. I fixed the problem reflashing the BIOS with the /nvmac:XXXXXXXXXXXX /wb options. Loaded the default settings and set the boot priority, the new BIOS is unable to boot from my Adaptec 19160 SCSI controller: it try always to boot to the NVIDIA NIC. It seems that the NVIDIA NIC has a higher boot priority than other external boot devices and it's impossible to change it.
The settings are:
First boot divice: Floppy
Secind boot device: Hard-Disk
Third boot device: CD-Rom
Hard disk boot priority:
1. Adaptec SCSI
2. NV RAID
3. Other boot device
I reflashed the BIOS with the old 1.8 and now the system works well ...
Thank you for the attention

See Thread this index called "Neo2 bios flash to 1.9 = dead nvidia lan"

External Drive Disk Erase Failed with the Error Input/Output Error

I have 2 hard drives in an external FW800 enclosure that I am unable to format. When I go to initialize the drives in Disk Utility, I get the following error message: "Disk Erase failed with the error: Input/output error."
The drives show up in Disk Utility, but I can't repair them (that option is grayed out). Disk Utility correctly ID's the manufacturer of the drives (Maxtor), their size (200gb each), so it's obviously seeing that the drives are there. But it won't let me format them.
The drives are new, by the way; they don't have any data/files on them. I have Disk Warrior, but the drives don't show up there to be repaired -- probably because they aren't formatted yet.
After looking at other posts, I tried switching the jumper settings around on the drives -- from Master/Slave to cable select and back again, but it didn't help. I also tried doing a zero erase (even though the drives are new), zapping the PRAM -- again, no help.
One question I had is whether this could be a bad FW800 cable? The cable is new -- it came with the enclosure, which is an OWC Dual FW 800 enclosure. Other than that, does anyone have any other thoughts about what's causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Matthew

SOLUTION!!!!
I had the exact same problem. I have the original 20 GB hard drive that came in my Powerbook G4 550MHz and a couple of years ago I traded up for a 60 GB drive and bought a FW/USB enclosure for my original drive to use it to backup my important files. I hadn't backed up in over a year (shame on me!) and I decided maybe I should erase the drive and start from scratch. It was connected via USB.
At that point DiskUtility gave me the exact same Input/Output error. I tried partitioning the drive into 1 or more partitions but came up with the same error. I couldn't figure out what was wrong so I decided to startup in OS 9.2.2, I did that and let it start up, then plugged in the hard drive and it gave me the standard "This disk is unrecognizable, do you want to eject or erase?" so I clicked Initalize. It worked!
Just make sure you choose the MacOS Extended option when initializing out of OS 9 (instead of the MacOS Standard option) so it can be read and viewed in OS X.
If your computer is too new to be able to boot from an OS 9 folder on your drive or an OS 9 CD, then see if a friend or a local library has older computers that are running OS 9 or can boot from it. If not let me know and you can send me your drive and I'll reformat it.
Kind of crazy...I haven't used the OS 9 partition on my HD in YEARS...was even thinking about erasing it since I don't use any Classic applications anymore...good thing I didn't!
Nick
Powerbook G4 550Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Formatting MicroSD card in Disk Utility-8GB card now showing as only 200MB!

Hi Guys
I want to give my sd card to a friend and so I tried to secure erase the data in disk utility and somehow managed to turn an 8gb card into a 200mb one while trying to format it to FAT format. This has happened to two 8gb cards from different manufacturers.
I tried to delete the partition and reformat the card to no avail. Even tried the solution here with no luck -
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11056512
I have extracted the log from disk utility when this happened (below) if that can give any clues
Thanks for the help!
2010-07-08 23:20:48 +0100: Mounting disk
2010-07-08 23:20:48 +0100: Erase complete.
2010-07-08 23:20:48 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:21:05 +0100: Preparing to zero disk : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:21:05 +0100: Passes : 0
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Secure Erase completed successfully in 24 minutes.
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Preparing to erase : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: 1 volume will be created
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Name : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Size : 8.07 GB
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Filesystem : MS-DOS (FAT)
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Unmounting disk
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Creating partition map
2010-07-08 23:45:16 +0100: Waiting for disks to reappear
2010-07-08 23:45:16 +0100: Formatting disk1s2 as MS-DOS (FAT) with name UNTITLED
2010-07-08 23:45:17 +0100: 512 bytes per physical sector
/dev/rdisk1s2: 15313672 sectors in 1914209 FAT32 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster)
bps=512 spc=8 res=32 nft=2 mid=0xf0 spt=32 hds=255 hid=0 bsec=15343616 bspf=14955 rdcl=2 infs=1 bkbs=6
2010-07-08 23:45:17 +0100: Mounting disk
2010-07-08 23:45:18 +0100: Erase complete.
2010-07-08 23:45:18 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:51:47 +0100: Preparing to zero disk : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:51:47 +0100: Passes : 0
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Secure Erase skipped after 16 seconds.
24.5% complete.
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Preparing to erase : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: 1 volume will be created
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Name : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Size : 209.7 MB
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Filesystem : MS-DOS (FAT)
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Unmounting disk
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Creating partition map
2010-07-08 23:52:05 +0100: Waiting for disks to reappear
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Formatting disk1s1 as MS-DOS (FAT) with name UNTITLED
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: newfs_msdos: /dev/rdisk1s1: Permission denied
512 bytes per physical sector
/dev/rdisk1s1: 407120 sectors in 50890 FAT16 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster)
bps=512 spc=8 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 mid=0xf0 spf=199 spt=32 hds=32 hid=0 bsec=407552
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Mounting disk
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Could not mount disk1s1 with name (null) after erase
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Disk Erase failed with the error:
File system formatter failed
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Erase complete.
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100: Erase complete.
2010-07-08 23:52:06 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:54:41 +0100: Verifying volume “NO NAME”
2010-07-08 23:54:41 +0100: Starting verification tool:
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: ** /dev/disk1
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: 74 files, 203800 KiB free (25475 clusters)
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:54:42 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: Verify and Repair volume “NO NAME”
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: Starting repair tool:
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: ** /dev/disk1
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: 72 files, 203824 KiB free (25478 clusters)
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: Volume repair complete.2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:54:47 +0100:
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: Preparing to erase : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: 1 volume will be created
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: Name : “UNTITLED”
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: Size : 209.7 MB
2010-07-08 23:55:00 +0100: Filesystem : MS-DOS (FAT)

Rednecs wrote:
I want to give my sd card to a friend and so I tried to secure erase the data in disk utility and somehow managed to turn an 8gb card into a 200mb one while trying to format it to FAT format.
2010-07-08 23:45:15 +0100: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
That's probably not the best partition scheme for a FAT volume format. In the Partition tab set "1 Partition", then click the "Options" button and select "Master Boot Record".

Is my HD Dead? Reformat Disk Utility Error: secure disk erase failed with the error could not open disk.

Hi,
Fed up with seeing the spinning beach ball I decided to reformat my MacBook Pro...
After backing up everything on an external hard drive I put in the OSX install DVD, restarted the machine and held down 'C'.
I followed the install prcedure, clicking next a few times etc...
I then went into Utilities > Disk Utility. I chose 7-Pass to erase the Macintosh HD and set it off erasing.
I checked the process an hour in and message on screen read:
Secure disk erase failed with the error:
could not open disk
The internal hard drive no longer exists in the disk utility so I cant retry erasing it.
The only thing that appears in disk utility is the OSX install DVD.
I can't even shut down the mac as everything under the apple tab is greyed out!
I'm guessing this means my hard drive is broken right?
If anyone has any other ideas of what to try I'd really appreciate that.
How do I turn the machine off?
If my hard drive is gone then should I consider getting an SSD drive?
Any recommendations for such a drive would be great.
Hope you can help!

Did you partition the drive?
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

Disk greater 8GB with old BIOS

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