Hello All, Thanks for the response to my earlier post. I have downloaded and used gpart as suggested by Michael and Anita.
The output of gpart is as follows: -------------------------------- ** Error: invalid extended ptbl found at sector(20804175). Begin scan... Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(31mb), offset(0mb) Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(5020mb), offset(31mb) Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(5106mb), offset(5051mb) Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(9585mb), offset(10158mb) Possible extended partition at offset(19743mb) Possible partition(Linux swap), size(415mb), offset(19743mb) Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(2094mb), offset(20159mb) Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(10009mb), offset(22254mb) Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(6942mb), offset(32263mb) End scan. Checking partitions... * Warning: more than 3 primary partitions: 5. Partition(Primary DOS with 16 bit FAT (<= 32MB)): primary Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary Partition(Linux swap or Solaris/x86): invalid primary Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): logical Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): orphaned logical Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): orphaned logical Ok. Guessed primary partition table: Primary partition(1) type: 004(0x04)(Primary DOS with 16 bit FAT (<= 32MB)) size: 31mb #s(64197) s(63-64259) chs: (0/1/1)-(3/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(3/254/63)r Primary partition(2) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 5020mb #s(10281592) s(64260-10345851) chs: (4/0/1)-(643/254/55)d (4/0/1)-(643/254/55)r Primary partition(3) type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem) size: 5106mb #s(10458312) s(10345860-20804171) chs: (644/0/1)-(1023/254/63)d (644/0/1)-(1294/254/60)r Primary partition(4) type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem) size: 9585mb #s(19631360) s(20804238-40435597) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1295/1/1)-(2516/254/56)r ----------------------------------------- Now, I am very happy with this. But, there is only one issue. Gpart has recognized my original partition table *almost* correctly. My grouse is with this part of the scan - ---- Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(9585mb), offset(10158mb) ---- this was the partition that I deleted using fdisk. And it was certainly a logical partition inside the extended partition. So, I am left wondering what to do? Is it safe to let gpart write this to the partition table? Btw, the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda is - ---------------------------------------- omitting empty partition (5) Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 4 32098+ de Dell Utility /dev/hda2 5 644 5140800 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 * 645 1295 5229157+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 1296 4998 29744347+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 2518 2570 425691 82 Linux swap ------------------------------------------ -vikas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
