Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 8 64228+ de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 9 6087 48829567+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 6088 7269 9494415 83 Linux /dev/sda4 7270 7296 216877+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 7270 7295 208813+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdb: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1009 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1984 * 512 = 1015808 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 ? 1522439 1522695 253319 e4 SpeedStor Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(190, 120, 0) logical=(1522438, 25, 51) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(544, 125, 44) logical=(1522694, 5, 24) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 ? 507340 1509340 993984023 98 Unknown Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(1010, 16, 43) logical=(507339, 24, 10) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(205, 205, 22) logical=(1509339, 24, 55) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 ? 855155 1822849 959953209 7d Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(252, 139, 46) logical=(855154, 3, 54) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(367, 195, 2) logical=(1822848, 28, 25) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb4 ? 2808 7003 4161536 0 Empty Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(2807, 23, 47) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(7002, 26, 52) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order