Re: re-add deleted extended logical partitions?

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Yes, if you have the exact partition geometries you can just add them back as long as
you haven't created anything else on top of them since.

David Coe wrote:

> Help!  I inadvertently deleted (using fdisk) two ext2 partitions that are
> in an Extended primary partition (i.e. they were /dev/hda7 and /dev/hda8).
>
> I've done nothing since then but a lot of reading.
>
> Can I safely add them back using fdisk or sfdisk (or cfdisk or
> something else?  I know their physical locations and sizes
> and have verified (using a nice tool called gpart) that they're
> apparently still intact.
>
> If not, how can I find and update the extended partition table
> without modifying the partitions' contents?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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Jens B. Jorgensen
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