Hi, Ben.
Hm... There is a possibility that the GPT table is still intact and just lies
there along with MBR. Let's try this:
1. Launch gdisk (GPT version of fdisk) and see what is tells you: is there GPT
present or not, what is the list of partitions according to GPT (if it is
present), and so on.
2a. If gdisk tells you that GPT exists, and its contents corresponds to your
real partitions structure, you may simply discard the MBR and replace it with
so-called protective MBR. The commands are: x (expert mode), n (new protective
MBR).
2b. If there is no GPT (or there is, but it's outdated and invalid), you can
convert MBR into GPT using the command: r (recovery mode), f (build new GPT
from MBR).
Oh, thanks. parted -l lists "Partition Table: msdos". This has probably been
changed in my attempts to install openmandriva. How then can a get it relabled
to GPT?
Thanks,
Ben
ben79
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On 10/27/2014 11:01 AM, Konstantin Vlasov wrote:
Hi, Ben.
I suppose, in this video the disk is partitioned using GPT which can contain up
to 128 (or even more) partitions without dividing them into
primary/extended/logical. If you cannot create another partition, you probably
have MBR partition table where only information about 4 partitions can be
stored (that is, either 4 primary ones, or 1-3 primary plus 1 extended
partition which in its turn can contain one or more logical partitions). Though
it would be strange: usually Win8.1+UEFI systems are preinstalled with GPT
partitioning...
Try running `parted -l' from console, it will tell you which partition table
type you have.
My problem is that windows 8.1 is 4 partitions. gparted will not let me create
another primary partition. If I remove and recreate the windows DATA partition
then my windows install is corrupted. Repairing that removes any Linux install
and back to same problem. How can I do this? I'm using gparted in live mode of
2014.1 x86_64. This video from rugyada shows someone who can create more than 4
primary partitions in live mode with gparted.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDe4IVs1ZfQ
Why can't I do that?
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Thanks,
Ben
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