On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Tom Pfeifer wrote: [...]
> Question: Was that possibly a Linux extended partition (type 85) as > opposed to a DOS extnded partition? That would explain why DOS fdisk > could delete it. Yes, originally this computer was set up by me with linux only. It was my colleague who starte messing with DOS fdisk. (Strictly speaking win98 fdisk) > > Question: Is there any guess as to what was on /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 > which are not accounted for? > These were probably win98 partitions. /dev/hda5 may have the beginnings of a win98 installation on it but keeping it is not important. > I have used Norton's Disk Editor in the past to search for a sector when > I have some knowledge of what's in that sector. For example, all > partition sectors end with the signature "55 AA" as the last two bytes. > However, even the newest version of the Disk Editor (from NU4) is not > able to search a disk past 1023 cylinders (8 GB), and your disk is 17 GB > Bummer. Perhaps there is a free or shareware disk editor that can do the job? (I was impressed by the Ranish Partition Manager you recommended and will register it.) > The best I can suggest right now is if you have a copy of Norton's Disk > Editor around, post back and I can give you a rundown on how to search > for that sector - understanding that it may not work because of the size > of the disk. > Please do so. I'll see if we can get a copy of Norton or find something similiar on TUCOWS. > Failing that, maybe someone reading this list knows a way to attack this > problem using Linux tools. There's always a way, but it may come down to > how much time and effort you and your colleague are willing to devote to > this. I think we'll give it a go. Thanks once again for the help. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>