shriphani@psp-laptop:~$ fdisk /dev/sda

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 1 MB, 1474560 bytes
1 heads, 3 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3 * 512 = 1536 bytes

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   ?   561651809  1128984683   850999312   6c  Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(368, 82, 37) logical=(561651808, 0, 1)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 97, 35) logical=(1128984682, 0, 2)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2   ?   666205645   847574255   272052916   6e  Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(97, 115, 32) logical=(666205644, 0, 2)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(107, 121, 32) logical=(847574254, 0, 3)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3   ?   370786500   550449286   269494180+  79  Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(356, 101, 33) logical=(370786499, 0, 1)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(550449285, 0, 3)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4   ?   375392967   375399564        9895+  42  SFS
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(329, 79, 13) logical=(375392966, 0, 2)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(335, 77, 4) logical=(375399563, 0, 1)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Command (m for help):