Sorry for the indirect reply, but Ashaar's (I think this was the
name) post somehow got trashed. Thanks for replying so soon, and making
your advice so clear.
'gpart' initially reported ...
*** Error: invalid extended ptbl found at sector (13092975)
... and then found the Windows partition (primary), and 2 linux
swap partitions (one logical, one invalid). Clearly not my original
partitions. The full 'gpart' output is below.
So it appears 'gpart' cannot help me restore the old partition
table. If I use 'gpart -W /dev/hda /dev/hda' to write the new partition
table described in 'gpart's output (below), will I then be able to
safely do a full install of LM8.1 ? Is there any danger of losing the
Windows partition ?
------ gpart output ------
Begin scan...
Possible partition(DOS FAT), size(6400mb), offset(0mb)
Possible extended partition at offset(6887mb)
Possible partition(Linux swap), size(243mb), offset(6887mb)
Possible partition(Linux swap), size(243mb), offset(9891mb)
End scan.
Checking partitions...
Partition(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA): primary
Partition(Linux swap or Solaris/x86): logical
Partition(Linux swap or Solaris/x86): invalid
Number of inconsistencies found: 1.
Guessed primary partition table:
Primary partition(1)
type: 012(0x0C)(DOS or Windows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA)
size: 6400mb #s(13107200) s(63-13107262)
chs: (0/1/1)-(815/226/50)d (0/1/1)-(815/226/50)r
Primary partition(2)
type: 015(0x0F)(Extended DOS, LBA)
size: 7930mb #s(16241715) s(14105070-30346784)
chs: (878/0/1)-(1023/254/63)d (878/0/1)-(1888/254/63)r
Primary partition(3)
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
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
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