Re: ext3 partition recovery (Again) - forgot this
Yes, I have the /boot/boot.003 file but I don't know how to use it or
event to get that information (it is a binary file...).
Do you really think I should try to use the gpart -w ? That is risky
because I can boot the system--the disk is in a laptop and I cannot
remove that disk or even add another one to repair any problem
caused with the gpart -w...
You told something about "trial and error"... do you mean to:
- use, for example, the GNU parted to try to create a new partition in
the place I suppose it was before;
- try to reboot the system;
- try to mount the partition;
- delete the partition
- [ . . . ]
until it works?
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:15:58 +0530
Jeetu Golani <j_golani@softhome.net> wrote:
>
> Forgot to add this to my earlier mail, you mentioned you have the
> partition info when you used lilo. Please mail that info, you should
> be able to reconstruct your partition table with that info using
> fdisk.
>
> Bye
>
> On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 4:06 pm, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:41:51 +0530
> >
> > Jeetu Golani <j_golani@softhome.net> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Your fdisk doesn't show the last ext3 partition, therefore your
> > > partition table is messed up (nothing new in that). Gpart seems to
> > > think that there're two other partitions apart from the ones being
> > > detected by fdisk i.e. one partition more than what you suggested
> > > in your earlier mail where in you said
> > >
> > > My partition looks (used to...) like this:
> > > > > |-- 1. NTFS
> > > > > |
> > > > > |-- 2. ext2
> > > > > |
> > > > > |-- 3. extended
> > > > > |
> > > > > | |-- 3.1 ext3 [ / ]
> > > > > | |
> > > > > | |-- 3.2 swap
> > > > > | |
> > > > > | |-- 3.3 ext3 [/home]
> > >
> > > Gpart thinks that beyond the last ext3 partition there's another
> > > Linux Partition?? Could you tell me the sizes of each partition as
> > > you remember them. Do you think there was another partition beyond
> > > the last /ext3 partition that you've mentioned above.
> >
> > No, there was not other partition at the end. Probably just some
> > free space at the end. The last partition (the lost one) was about
> > 6.5G.
> >
> > I suppose I can get the old partition table information from the
> > /boot/boot.XXX file created by lilo. I am not using lilo at this
> > moment but that file is still there and I didn't changed the
> > partitions since I changed lilo by grub. How can I retrieve that
> > information from the boot.XXX file?
> >
> > Do you think this problem is recoverable?
> >
> > > Bye
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 12:00 am, you wrote:
> > > > Ok, here goes the output of some useful commands. Hope it
> > > > helps...
> > > >
> > > > fdisk -l /dev/hda:
> > > > ------------------
> > > >
> > > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2432 cylinders
> > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> > > >
> > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > > > /dev/hda1 * 1 510 4096543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > > > /dev/hda2 511 632 979965 b Win95 FAT32
> > > > /dev/hda3 633 2432 14458500 5 Extended
> > > > /dev/hda5 633 1544 7325608+ 83 Linux
> > > > /dev/hda6 1545 1580 289138+ 82 Linux swap
> > > >
> > > > gpart -v /dev/hda:
> > > > ------------------
> > > >
> > > > dev(/dev/hda) mss(512) chs(2432/255/63)(LBA) #s(39070080)
> > > > size(19077mb) Primary partition(1)
> > > > type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) (BOOT)
> > > > size: 4000mb #s(8193087) s(63-8193149)
> > > > chs: (0/1/1)-(509/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(509/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 80 01 01 00 07 FE 7F FD 3F 00 00 00 3F 04 7D 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(2)
> > > > type: 011(0x0B)(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT)
> > > > size: 956mb #s(1959930) s(8193150-10153079)
> > > > chs: (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)d (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 41 FE 0B FE BF 77 7E 04 7D 00 FA E7 1D 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(3)
> > > > type: 005(0x05)(Extended DOS)
> > > > size: 14119mb #s(28917000) s(10153080-39070079)
> > > > chs: (632/0/1)-(1023/254/63)d (632/0/1)-(2431/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 81 78 05 FE FF FF 78 EC 9A 00 08 3D B9 01
> > > >
> > > > Logical partition
> > > > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
> > > > size: 7153mb #s(14651217) s(10153143-24804359)
> > > > chs: (632/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (632/1/1)-(1543/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 01 81 78 83 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 51 8F DF 00
> > > >
> > > > Logical partition
> > > > type: 130(0x82)(Linux swap or Solaris/x86)
> > > > size: 282mb #s(578277) s(24804423-25382699)
> > > > chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d
> > > > (1544/1/1)-(1579/254/63)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 82 FE FF FF 3F
> > > > 00 00 00 E5 D2 08 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(4)
> > > > type: 000(0x00)(unused)
> > > > size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0)
> > > > chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Begin scan...
> > > > Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(4000mb), offset(0mb)
> > > > type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX)
> > > > size: 4000mb #s(8193080) s(63-8193142)
> > > > chs: (0/1/1)-(509/254/56)d (0/1/1)-(509/254/56)r
> > > > hex: 00 01 01 00 07 FE 78 FD 3F 00 00 00 38 04 7D 00
> > > >
> > > > Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(956mb), offset(4000mb)
> > > > type: 012(0x0C)(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA)
> > > > size: 956mb #s(1959930) s(8193150-10153079)
> > > > chs: (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)d (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 41 FE 0C FE BF 77 7E 04 7D 00 FA E7 1D 00
> > > >
> > > > Possible extended partition at offset(4957mb)
> > > > Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(7153mb), offset(4957mb)
> > > > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
> > > > size: 7153mb #s(14651216) s(10153143-24804358)
> > > > chs: (632/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (632/1/1)-(1543/254/62)r
> > > > hex: 00 01 81 78 83 FE FF FF B7 EC 9A 00 50 8F DF 00
> > > >
> > > > Possible partition(Linux swap), size(282mb), offset(12111mb)
> > > > type: 130(0x82)(Linux swap or Solaris/x86)
> > > > size: 282mb #s(578272) s(24804423-25382694)
> > > > chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d
> > > > (1544/1/1)-(1579/254/58)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 82 FE FF FF 47
> > > > 7C 7A 01 E0 D2 08 00
> > > >
> > > > Possible extended partition at offset(12393mb)
> > > > Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(2055mb), offset(13656mb)
> > > > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
> > > > size: 2055mb #s(4208960) s(27969228-32178187)
> > > > chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d
> > > > (1741/1/1)-(2002/254/56)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 83 FE FF FF CC
> > > > C6 AA 01 40 39 40 00
> > > >
> > > > Possible extended partition at offset(15712mb)
> > > > Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(3365mb), offset(15712mb)
> > > > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
> > > > size: 3365mb #s(6891816) s(32178258-39070073)
> > > > chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d
> > > > (2003/1/1)-(2431/254/57)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 83 FE FF FF 52
> > > > 00 EB 01 28 29 69 00
> > > >
> > > > End scan.
> > > >
> > > > Checking partitions...
> > > >
> > > > * Warning: more than 3 primary partitions: 4.
> > > > Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary
> > > > Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): primary
> > > > Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): logical
> > > > Partition(Linux swap or Solaris/x86): logical
> > > > Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary
> > > > Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): invalid primary
> > > > Ok.
> > > >
> > > > Guessed primary partition table:
> > > > Primary partition(1)
> > > > type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX)
> > > > size: 4000mb #s(8193080) s(63-8193142)
> > > > chs: (0/1/1)-(509/254/56)d (0/1/1)-(509/254/56)r
> > > > hex: 00 01 01 00 07 FE 78 FD 3F 00 00 00 38 04 7D 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(2)
> > > > type: 012(0x0C)(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA)
> > > > size: 956mb #s(1959930) s(8193150-10153079)
> > > > chs: (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)d (510/0/1)-(631/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 41 FE 0C FE BF 77 7E 04 7D 00 FA E7 1D 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(3)
> > > > type: 015(0x0F)(Extended DOS, LBA)
> > > > size: 7436mb #s(15229620) s(10153080-25382699)
> > > > chs: (632/0/1)-(1023/254/63)d (632/0/1)-(1579/254/63)r
> > > > hex: 00 00 81 78 0F FE FF FF 78 EC 9A 00 B4 62 E8 00
> > > >
> > > > Primary partition(4)
> > > > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
> > > > size: 2055mb #s(4208960) s(27969228-32178187)
> > > > chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1741/1/1)-(2002/254/56)r
> > > > hex: 00 FE FF FF 83 FE FF FF CC C6 AA 01 40 39 40 00
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That's it. Hope somebody help...
> > > >
> > > > ==============
> > > > Luís Henriques
> >
> > --------------
> > Luís Henriques
>
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