BrokenPoet
June 28th, 2009, 04:29 AM
Greetings! My partition table has been corrupted resulting in an inability to reload the latest version (9.04) as a fresh install. The only system changes that may have caused the partition tables to change were a) Upgrade (not fresh install) to 9.04 from 8.10 or b) Installation of Vista SP1 (? Whichever was most recent, I don't boot into it frequently.)
I noted the problem when trying to conduct a fresh install of 9.04 from CD after the upgrade messed up my NVIDIA settings. There have been a few threads on the topic, but I would like some expert assistance prior to re-writing my partition tables via the terminal.
Can someone provide guidance as to the correct sfdisk command to repair my tables?
Thanks!
~$ sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 619898880 625139711 2620416 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 178176 21149695 10485760 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 21149696 114370551 46610428 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 114382861 625139711 255378425+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 619898880 625139711 2620416 dd Unknown
/dev/sda6 114382863 153436814 19526976 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 153436878 615980294 231271708+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 615980358 619884089 1951866 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
~$ sudo sfdisk -d
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
# partition table of /dev/sda
unit: sectors
/dev/sda1 : start=619898880, size= 5240832, Id= c, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start= 178176, size= 20971520, Id= 7
/dev/sda3 : start= 21149696, size= 93220856, Id= 7, bootable
/dev/sda4 : start=114382861, size=510756851, Id= f
/dev/sda5 : start=619898880, size= 5240832, Id=dd
/dev/sda6 : start=114382863, size= 39053952, Id=83
/dev/sda7 : start=153436878, size=462543417, Id=83
/dev/sda8 : start=615980358, size= 3903732, Id=82
~$ sudo parted /dev/sda1 print
Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/sda1: 2683MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 2683MB 2683MB fat32
I noted the problem when trying to conduct a fresh install of 9.04 from CD after the upgrade messed up my NVIDIA settings. There have been a few threads on the topic, but I would like some expert assistance prior to re-writing my partition tables via the terminal.
Can someone provide guidance as to the correct sfdisk command to repair my tables?
Thanks!
~$ sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 619898880 625139711 2620416 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 178176 21149695 10485760 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 21149696 114370551 46610428 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 114382861 625139711 255378425+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 619898880 625139711 2620416 dd Unknown
/dev/sda6 114382863 153436814 19526976 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 153436878 615980294 231271708+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 615980358 619884089 1951866 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
~$ sudo sfdisk -d
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
# partition table of /dev/sda
unit: sectors
/dev/sda1 : start=619898880, size= 5240832, Id= c, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start= 178176, size= 20971520, Id= 7
/dev/sda3 : start= 21149696, size= 93220856, Id= 7, bootable
/dev/sda4 : start=114382861, size=510756851, Id= f
/dev/sda5 : start=619898880, size= 5240832, Id=dd
/dev/sda6 : start=114382863, size= 39053952, Id=83
/dev/sda7 : start=153436878, size=462543417, Id=83
/dev/sda8 : start=615980358, size= 3903732, Id=82
~$ sudo parted /dev/sda1 print
Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/sda1: 2683MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 2683MB 2683MB fat32