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Re: partition table incorrect/ fdisk messed up?



it worked!!  thanks loads,
matt
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:29:32PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> hey anita,
> 
> htanks for the advice.  I'm gonna buy a new hard drive (I wanted one
> anyway, copy all the data over, then try your method.  I guess I"m a
> bit queasy about your method b/c I don't have proper backups.  
> 
> very cool ikdea.
> m
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:50:38AM -0500, ajlewis2@intac.com wrote:
> > > I have remade a partition table before from a printout after losing it.  The
> > > data was still there.
> > 
> > Something is nagging me about this remaking the partition table.  I'm not
> > positive, but I think it is important to reboot before writing to the
> > partitions.  So just to be safe, be sure that you reboot after you remake
> > the table whether you do it by moving all the data first or by just leaving
> > the data in place.  I think there is a warning about that when you do the
> > write with linux fdisk at the end of editing the table, but I'm not sure
> > about that.
> > 
> > Anita
> > 
> > 
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