On Sat, 11 Sep, 1999 à 08:49:24PM -0400, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > "Jaldhar H. Vyas" wrote: > > > > Partition records exactly as they appear in MBR (EMBR): > > > In fact, I don't even know how he deleted that partition with DOS fdisk > since it normally is not capable of deleting an extended partition that > still contains non-DOS logical drives - which it also can't delete. > I think that win98's fdisk is able of such abomination when you ask the support of large disk.
> I have used Norton's Disk Editor in the past to search for a sector when > I have some knowledge of what's in that sector. For example, all > partition sectors end with the signature "55 AA" as the last two bytes. > However, even the newest version of the Disk Editor (from NU4) is not > able to search a disk past 1023 cylinders (8 GB), and your disk is 17 GB > > The best I can suggest right now is if you have a copy of Norton's Disk > Editor around, post back and I can give you a rundown on how to search > for that sector - understanding that it may not work because of the size > of the disk. > > Failing that, maybe someone reading this list knows a way to attack this > problem using Linux tools. There's always a way, but it may come down to > how much time and effort you and your colleague are willing to devote to > this. > Loïc Prylli posted a C programm on the newsgroup fr.comp.os.linux some 2 years ago to detect an ext2 partition that can help to solve Jaldhar's problem. This programm can be found on <http://www.linux-france.org> but I don't know the exact URL. If you can't find it, I have a copy of it -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \) Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur ! (/ | \_|_ Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/
