Hi all, I've had a partition table crash... but thx to gpart I'v got the 3 primary partitions back. hda2 is an extended partition wich contains a swap partition and a reiserfs partition. gpart also found the swap, but didn't find the reiser. I tried approximately every option for gpart, without any succes thus far. I also tried some reiserfs tools on hda2, hoping one of them would be able to find some-thing, any-thing that resembles parts of the reiserfs. No succes. It came back with the respons it couldn't read the block. I understand it's reaction, because i ask it to check a partition (hda2) that hasn't got a filesystem. what i do know is approximately the place where the partition should start, and so where the filesystem should be found. What i would like to know is wether there is some way to scan that area form the disc, en find some indication from the reiserfs. Because I approximately know the place where it should start, i tried to define the logical partition overthere. I did two attempts, then stopped because i suddenly realized that i was not poking in my normal partition table, but that i might be poking in data blocks, when i tried wrong sector numbers. any tips are very welcome. Thanx in advance! Pieter