Repair Partition Table - PLEASE READ.

[rohandhruva]

Hello,

I know there are hundrteds of questions about fixing the partition table. But mine, i suppose is a peculiar case. My disk structure is something like this:

1) Disk 1 - 10GB /dev/hda (partitioned into C:, ext3 for knopppix hdinstall, lin-swap)
2) Disk 2 - 40GB /dev/hdb (partitioned into D:,E: )

Windows, Knoppix HD-Install, and even distros like Suse can read data off /dev/hdb1(2,3..) and of course off /dev/hda. However the problem comes when installing distros. Whenever it comes to partitioning step, i *always* get a message saying "/dev/hdb: This disk is not initialised. Dow u want to format? This will erase entire disk" on RedHat and "This disk cannot be read. Please format it. Ignore this messgae if u are not planning to install Suse on this partition." on suse. Also, Partition Magic and QtParted cannot read the partitions on this disk. QtParted just hangs, and Partition Magic 6.0 on startup says that this disk need to be repaired. I donot know whats up, but my guess is that it is due to corrupted partition table. Is there any way to repair the partition table, without damaging the data already stored on this disk? I mean, isnt it surprising that data can be read / written perfectly on this disk? What is the problem?

Also, in addition to this question, does QtParted support resizing and modifying data on a partition without damaging the data?

Rohan.

[OErjan]

sounds like you have the disks set to cable select or a slave disk on a master conector...
the result can be something like this. check your jumpers,

[CrashedAgain]

Also, in addition to this question, does QtParted support resizing and modifying data on a partition without damaging the data?

Rohan.

Yes. Always be safe & back up anything important first though, just in case someting goes wrong

[rohandhruva]

Hi,

@OErjan : Surely i will check my jumper cables, but i dont think that is a problem, since some months ago, the hard disk was detected just fine! However, i will make it a point to see them. But, are you sure that it is not a corrupt partition table?

@CrashedAgain: Thank u.

Rohan.