Re: [gentoo-user] bad partition table
At 23 August, 2003 Mark Huson wrote: I recently switched a harddrive that i use to hold data from one gentoo comp to another. When i try to mount the harddrive though it gives the standard mount error. I then tried to check the partitions and when i try to start cfdisk i get no partition table or unknown signiture on partition table do you wish to start with a zero table. I then tried to put the harddrive back in its original computer to mount it there and i get the same problem. I can't erase my data. I also have a second harddrive that can hold all of the data of the bad one if there is a way to copy it over. The error suggests that the partition table's been corrupted. If you can remember how the disk was laid out -- what the partitions were, what order they were in, what types they were, and how big they were -- then I think there's a way you can rewrite the table. I would guess that you could probably just re-enter the data in cfdisk or similar, but I'm not sure. Can anyone back me up on this? (I don't have any spare hard drives to try this on...) -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] bad partition table
On Sunday 24 August 2003 12:15 am, Andrew Farmer wrote: At 23 August, 2003 Mark Huson wrote: I recently switched a harddrive that i use to hold data from one gentoo comp to another. When i try to mount the harddrive though it gives the standard mount error. I then tried to check the partitions and when i try to start cfdisk i get no partition table or unknown signiture on partition table do you wish to start with a zero table. I then tried to put the harddrive back in its original computer to mount it there and i get the same problem. I can't erase my data. I also have a second harddrive that can hold all of the data of the bad one if there is a way to copy it over. The error suggests that the partition table's been corrupted. If you can remember how the disk was laid out -- what the partitions were, what order they were in, what types they were, and how big they were -- then I think there's a way you can rewrite the table. I would guess that you could probably just re-enter the data in cfdisk or similar, but I'm not sure. Can anyone back me up on this? (I don't have any spare hard drives to try this on...) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] bad partition table
On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 03:14, Mark Huson wrote: I recently switched a harddrive that i use to hold data from one gentoo comp to another. When i try to mount the harddrive though it gives the standard mount error. I then tried to check the partitions and when i try to start cfdisk i get no partition table or unknown signiture on partition table do you wish to start with a zero table. I then tried to put the harddrive back in its original computer to mount it there and i get the same problem. I can't erase my data. I also have a second harddrive that can hold all of the data of the bad one if there is a way to copy it over. Mark sys-apps/gpart is all you need :) It will detect all your partions and then recreate the partition table or output the data so you can do it yourself with fdisk. Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] bad partition table
I recently switched a harddrive that i use to hold data from one gentoo comp to another. When i try to mount the harddrive though it gives the standard mount error. I then tried to check the partitions and when i try to start cfdisk i get no partition table or unknown signiture on partition table do you wish to start with a zero table. I then tried to put the harddrive back in its original computer to mount it there and i get the same problem. I can't erase my data. I also have a second harddrive that can hold all of the data of the bad one if there is a way to copy it over. Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
