On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 03:07:15AM -0000, Debian Buster wrote: > > Posible Options: > 1. if you use lilo, look for a copy of parttions table. > 2. create the parttion exactly as it was.
I'm running GRUB not lilo -- used lilo back in the 90's but switched to grub whenever Debian started prescribing it (or more accurately when I noticed). That's probably around Woody or so -- I was away for a while. Option 2 above nailed it -- using cfdisk to create a partition filling the whole disk caused cfdisk to immediately recognise the installed file system. I recognise that was only that easy to do because I knew that the original partition arrangement was so simple. If it had been more complex I would likely have been hosed. Anyway, dodged a bullet there -- thanks a lot for your help! Mark
