root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 ? 116388 126889 84344761 69 Unknown Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda2 ? 105915 222310 934940732+ 73 Unknown Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda3 ? 1 1 0 74 Unknown Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda4 1 213826 1717556736 0 Empty Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order root@ubuntu:~#