Disk /dev/sda: 2021 MB, 2021654528 bytes 63 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1010 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3906 * 512 = 1999872 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 ? 199216 491461 570754815+ 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(199215, 34, 11) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(491460, 44, 51) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 ? 43188 538843 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386 Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(43187, 17, 47) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(538842, 14, 42) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda3 ? 478721 974376 968014096 79 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(478720, 18, 30) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(974375, 14, 39) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda4 ? 1 931190 1818613248 d Unknown Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(0, 0, 1) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(931189, 36, 30) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order