root@mail1:~# sfdisk /dev/sdb < sdb.in Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... OK Disk /dev/sdb: 60801 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature /dev/sdb: unrecognized partition table type Old situation: No partitions found Warning: bad partition start (earliest 22266091) sfdisk: bad input