On 10/20/07, Jonathan Dieter <jdieter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks to all. I have followed Jonathan's method, but I did not remove > > the old disk. However, I did increase the priority of the new disk as > > the first one. However, I get the following: > > > > # /sbin/fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table > > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81963220480 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 * 1 9965 80040960 7 HPFS/NTFS > > > > Disk /dev/sdc: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdc1 1 3187 25597952 6 FAT16 > > /dev/sdc2 3188 3200 104422+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sdc3 3201 14593 91514272+ 8e Linux LVM > > > > Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160040803840 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdd1 * 1 10000 80324968+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sdd2 10001 19457 75963352+ 8e Linux LVM > > # > > > > The new disk is /dev/sda. It is rather strange that it says: > > > > "Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table" > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Paul > > Which one was your source drive? The partition table should have been > copied over from it to the destination drive along with everything else. It was /dev/sdd1. I did not want to copy the two partitions of /dev/sdd. Paul
