javadayaz wrote: > im sorry to copy and paste here...fdisk gives me this > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 > > does this mean that the above hard drive is still assigned the sda label? > Yes the hard drive is still assigned to sda, but by what you have posted, it looks like there aren't any partitions on the drive.
Is there any output you've missed off the output of fdisk? Running... sudo fdisk -l on my laptop gives me this... Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0001bd39 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 2432 19535008+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 2433 30337 224146912+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 30338 30401 514080 82 Linux swap / Solaris If you run sudo fdisk -l do you get any similar output listing /dev/sda1, and possibly /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda5? What happens when you try and boot the machine, are you able to boot anything from the hard drive? Also is there any chance you have another hard drive kicking around (such as an external drive for instance) which bigger than the drive you're having problems with? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
