[opensuse] Corrupted partition. parted no help
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted and parted and/or partition managerfrom Yast are not able to repair the problem. I am running 10.3 now without aproblem but anything else on this machine does not want to work. It complaints from an overlap from partition 2. I have looked into the partition overview and it gives me following info withthe warning that it not able to change anything. size start endSda 37.2 GB 0 4863sda1 /windows xp 9.7 GB 1 1275sda2 0.0 GB 1276 1276sda3 /drdos 1.9 GB 1277 1532sda4 /xtra 2.9 GB 1533 1914sda5 / (suse10.3) 10.0 GB 1915 3220 sda6 /home 2.0 GB 3221 3482sda7 /suse10.2 10.0 GB 3483 4788sda8 swap 611.8MB 4789 4866 sda1 should be NTFS but is marked in the partition table as Linux native as allthe other partitions. This cannot be rectified for the moment. Sda2 should have been an extended partition as far as I remeber. Swap ends on 4866, three more than the total size of the disc. I have looked into the expert mode of the Yast partition manager but before Idelete the partition table I would like to know if this tool and with aboveinfo I could rebuild a working partition without loosing my setup. sda2should be what? Swap has to be within the size of the harddisc? Looking at the complete disc overview sda I found that the sda2 originallyamounted to 7.8 MB. I assume that the reinstalled drdos just took these 7.8MBfor itself and by doing this corrupted the partition. Would a deletion ofdrdos and giving sda2 its 7.8 MB back be a solution? I would try to use thetools of the UBCD disc to achieve this as parted just does not want to workon the partition. Any other tools for this? ___________________________________________________________ indomail - Your everyday mail - http://indomail.indo.net.id -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
constant@indo.net.id wrote:
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted
Looking at the complete disc overview sda I found that the sda2 originallyamounted to 7.8 MB. I assume that the reinstalled drdos just took these 7.8MBfor itself and by doing this corrupted the partition. If you have no good backup and the data is important to you please make a copy of the disk mounted in read only mode first.
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constant@indo.net.id wrote:
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted and parted and/or partition managerfrom Yast are not able to repair the problem. I am running 10.3 now without aproblem but anything else on this machine does not want to work. It complaints from an overlap from partition 2. I have looked into the partition overview and it gives me following info withthe warning that it not able to change anything. size start endSda 37.2 GB 0 4863sda1 /windows xp 9.7 GB 1 1275sda2 0.0 GB 1276 1276sda3 /drdos 1.9 GB 1277 1532sda4 /xtra 2.9 GB 1533 1914sda5 / (suse10.3) 10.0 GB 1915 3220 sda6 /home 2.0 GB 3221 3482sda7 /suse10.2 10.0 GB 3483 4788sda8 swap 611.8MB 4789 4866
Your table is incomprehensible. Please adjust the spacing so that we can read it.
sda1 should be NTFS but is marked in the partition table as Linux native as allthe other partitions. This cannot be rectified for the moment.
Just change the partition's type number back to the one for NFS and you'll be good. This can be done with the partition table editor.
Sda2 should have been an extended partition as far as I remeber. Swap ends on 4866, three more than the total size of the disc.
I have looked into the expert mode of the Yast partition manager but before Idelete the partition table I would like to know if this tool and with aboveinfo I could rebuild a working partition without loosing my setup. sda2should be what? Swap has to be within the size of the harddisc?
Looking at the complete disc overview sda I found that the sda2 originallyamounted to 7.8 MB. I assume that the reinstalled drdos just took these 7.8MBfor itself and by doing this corrupted the partition. Would a deletion ofdrdos and giving sda2 its 7.8 MB back be a solution? I would try to use thetools of the UBCD disc to achieve this as parted just does not want to workon the partition. Any other tools for this?
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On 2008/02/25 11:30 (GMT+0700) constant@indo.net.id apparently typed:
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted ... Any other tools for this?
http://www.dfsee.com/ It's not free, and it has a steep learning curve on the interface, but it comes with great support, and scripting. The author can often give a registered user a script that will undo the damage, once you've used it to present him with script output that assesses the mess you've gotten into. I've been doing 100% of my partitioning using it for over 5 years. -- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 24 February 2008 10:30:34 pm constant@indo.net.id wrote:
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted and parted and/or partition managerfrom Yast are not able to repair the problem. I am running 10.3 now without aproblem but anything else on this machine does not want to work. It complaints from an overlap from partition 2. I have looked into the partition overview and it gives me following info withthe warning that it not able to change anything. size start end sda 37.2 GB 0 4863 sda1 9.7 GB 1 1275 /windows xp sda2 0.0 GB 1276 1276 sda3 1.9 GB 1277 1532 /drdos sda4 2.9 GB 1533 1914 /xtra sda5 10.0 GB 1915 3220 / (suse10.3) sda6 2.0 GB 3221 3482 /home sda7 10.0 GB 3483 4788 / suse10.2 sda8 611.8 MB 4789 4866 swap
sda1 should be NTFS but is marked in the partition table as Linux native as allthe other partitions. This cannot be rectified for the moment. Sda2 should have been an extended partition as far as I remeber. Swap ends on 4866, three more than the total size of the disc.
I have looked into the expert mode of the Yast partition manager but before Idelete the partition table I would like to know if this tool and with aboveinfo I could rebuild a working partition without loosing my setup. sda2should be what? Swap has to be within the size of the harddisc?
Looking at the complete disc overview sda I found that the sda2 originallyamounted to 7.8 MB. I assume that the reinstalled drdos just took these 7.8MBfor itself and by doing this corrupted the partition. Would a deletion ofdrdos and giving sda2 its 7.8 MB back be a solution? I would try to use thetools of the UBCD disc to achieve this as parted just does not want to workon the partition. Any other tools for this?
1) 'gpart' program to search hard disk and guess partitions or 2) http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ Live CD list of features is here http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php -- Regards, Rajko. See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2008-02-24 at 23:44 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
On Sunday 24 February 2008 10:30:34 pm constant@indo.net.id wrote:
On my Laptop the partition is corrupted and parted and/or partition managerfrom Yast are not able to repair the problem. I am running 10.3 now without aproblem but anything else on this machine does not want to work. It complaints from an overlap from partition 2. I have looked into the partition overview and it gives me following info withthe warning that it not able to change anything. size start end sda 37.2 GB 0 4863 sda1 9.7 GB 1 1275 /windows xp sda2 0.0 GB 1276 1276 sda3 1.9 GB 1277 1532 /drdos sda4 2.9 GB 1533 1914 /xtra sda5 10.0 GB 1915 3220 / (suse10.3) sda6 2.0 GB 3221 3482 /home sda7 10.0 GB 3483 4788 / suse10.2 sda8 611.8 MB 4789 4866 swap
Thanks Rajko! For reformatting the table. Now I understand it. Ok, the partition sda2 should go from 1915 to 4866 to repair the damage. I would probably print the current table using fdisk, using track numbers and sectors, remove it completely, and recreate using the correct tracks and types. Remember that partitioning in linux does not destroy data: mkfs does. But the wrong partitioning can make it inaccessible.
sda1 should be NTFS but is marked in the partition table as Linux native as allthe other partitions. This cannot be rectified for the moment. Sda2 should have been an extended partition as far as I remeber. Swap ends on 4866, three more than the total size of the disc.
Ah swap... yes, it is wrong, too.
1) 'gpart' program to search hard disk and guess partitions or
Yes.
2) http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ Live CD list of features is here http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php
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constant@indo.net.id a écrit :
manager but before Idelete the partition table I would like to know if this tool
you can easily find on tldp.com my partition rescue HOWTO, with all the necessary stuff jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 25 February 2008, jdd wrote:
constant@indo.net.id a écrit :
you can easily find on tldp.com my partition rescue HOWTO, with all the necessary stuff
Thanks Jean-Daniel and others. The problem has been solved. It was the extended partition which had been chaged into a windows extended partitio from 0 bytes. JDD, the tldp.com brought me on an although interesting but for my solution unuseful site. On your site I found the rescue HOWTO. Mercie bien. Constant -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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