> The diagnostic information people need to help you can be obtained as: > > r...@machine:# fdisk -l > > If you can post the output of 'fdisk -l', some of us can chip in. > > Cheers, > Manas > ran...@hardlyubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for ranjit:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x61c2fa14 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1305 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 1306 3407 16884315 5 Extended /dev/sda5 1306 2635 10683193+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 2636 2768 1068291 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 2769 2792 192748+ 83 Linux /dev/sda8 2793 3407 4939956 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xd545d545 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 638 5124703+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb2 639 2434 14426370 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 639 1768 9076693+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb6 1769 2434 5349613+ b W95 FAT32 ran...@hardlyubuntu:~$ regards, Ranjit. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to plug-mail-requ...@plug.org.in for mailing instructions.