Vitorio Okio wrote: > I've deleted with GParted unwanted Dell Utility partition sited the first > on my HDD. This partition was set as /dev/sda1, so all others followed > correspondignly: /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, etc. > > Now after deleting and booting back in Ubuntu my now first partition is > still marked as /dev/sda2. And all others follow. > > How can I change this? I would like my first partition being set /dev/ > sda1, etc.? > > Thank you Hi,
You can renumber your partitions but you'll need a live CD to do it with. Assuming you have either backed up your entire system or you don't care if you nuke it by accident or by means of a power cut - boot off the live cd, then run (in a terminal window) sudo fdisk /dev/sda Press x to go into the fdisk advanced menu, then press f to fix the partition order. You'll need to update your grub configuration, so mount your /boot (or /) partition in a temporary location and locate your system's /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Update any partition references in the notation "hd(0,1)" - the second number may have to be knocked down one to reflect the new order. I would also check to see if any of your partition UUIDs have changed as a result of renumbering them. Open your grub menu file in one window and a terminal in the other. Run this command in the terminal ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid to list your partition UUIDs and manuall inspect your grub file to make sure they match up. Make any corrections where necessary, making sure the line "root=UUID=1234567890" parameter is correct on any line beginning with the word "kernel". Once done, save the menu file, unmount your partitions and reboot your system. Hopefully it will boot, if not then note down any errors and reboot into the live CD. Hope this helps, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/