Disk /dev/sdb1: 518 MB, 518242304 bytes 16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders Units = cylinders of 992 * 512 = 507904 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1p1 ? 1765601 1756246 2142843574 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 101, 46) logical=(1765600, 10, 7) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 132, 39) logical=(1756245, 10, 18) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb1p2 ? 1845609 3505180 823147060+ 75 PC/IX Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 10, 14) logical=(1845608, 5, 61) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(353, 115, 52) logical=(3505179, 0, 59) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb1p3 ? 1646072 1872638 112376377+ 62 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 108, 41) logical=(1646071, 13, 45) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 105, 39) logical=(1872637, 2, 9) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb1p4 ? 1 3496311 1734170112 0 Empty Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(0, 0, 1) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(3496310, 11, 22) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order