Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda1: 512 MB, 512737280 bytes 16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1009 cylinders Units = cylinders of 992 * 512 = 507904 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6b736964 This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1p2 ? 1340912 1884235 269488144 65 Novell Netware 386 Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(107, 121, 32) logical=(1340911, 7, 47) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(10, 121, 13) logical=(1884234, 5, 42) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda1p3 ? 543337 1952977 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3 Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(543336, 1, 18) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(1952976, 1, 49) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda1p4 ? 3940644 3940710 32669+ bb Boot Wizard hidden Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(65, 1, 0) logical=(3940643, 11, 29) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(96, 0, 7) logical=(3940709, 9, 19) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order