[CS-FSLUG] overlapping partitions

[Hilding Egestal]

Disk /dev/sda: 160,0 GB, 160041885696 byte
255 huvuden, 63 sektorer/spår, 19457 cylindrar
Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 · 512 = 8225280 byte

    Enhet Start     Början        Slut     Block    Id
 System
/dev/sda1               1         869     6980211    c
 W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2   *        5434       18182   102403035    7
 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3             870        5248    35174317+  83
 Linux
/dev/sda4            5249       19457   114133792+   5
 Utökad
/dev/sda5            5249        5433     1485981   82
 Linux växling / Solaris
/dev/sda6           18183       18573     3140676   83
 Linux
/dev/sda7           18574       18953     3052318+  83
 Linux
/dev/sda8           18954       19458     4050900   82
 Linux växling / Solaris

Posterna i partitionstabellen är inte i diskordning

--- Tim Young <Tim.Young at LightSys.org> skrev:

> If you do have overlapping partitions, then your
> computer is already in 
> jeopardy.  ;)
> 
> To better answer your, could you show us your
> partition table?
> 
> The easiest way to do this, under ubuntu, is for you
> to run fdisk -l 
> /dev/[drive]
> The fdisk "-l" is the letter L (lower-case)
> the /dev/drive will be something like: /dev/hda
> 
> You may have to do a sudo:
> sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda
> 
> An overlapping partition, depending on what the
> partition is, and if you 
> have data on both the partitions that overlap,
> *will* result in lost 
> data.  Basically the end result is that two
> filesystems share the same 
> hard-disk space.  It is a bad idea to have
> partitions that overlap.
> 
>     - Tim Young
> 
> Hilding Egestal wrote:
> > Hello
> > Well, I think there is something wrong with the
> > partition table. I cannot use Norton Partition
> Magic
> > and have a look at the partitions. With gparted it
> is
> > said that nothing is allocated. QTparted offers a
> > possibility to make a new partition table. What
> would
> > happen with XP, using this offer?
> >
> > At the same time both XP and Ubuntu are still
> working
> > without problems, so actually I can live with
> this,
> > but I am just wondering if there could any major
> > problems if I am not dealing with this now.
> >
> >
> > --- John Mark Clayton <clayton256 at gmail.com>
> skrev:
> >
> >   
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> This message happened because qtpartd incountered
> a
> >> condition that
> >> should never exist.  Either there is a bug in
> >> qtparted that the authors
> >> might want to hear about or there is a problem
> with
> >> your hardrive
> >> partition table.  Did you follow the instructions
> >> for subitting a bug?
> >> Make sure you're using the latest stable version
> and
> >> if the message
> >> is reproduced send the text to the bug address
> >> stated.
> >>
> >> I have used the gparted to create Windows and
> Linux
> >> partitions and
> >> would probably trust the qt version as they both
> use
> >> the same core
> >> code, libparted.  Many years ago I stopped
> trusting
> >> the Norton tools.
> >> Just my opinion.
> >>
> >> Good luck,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> On 10/23/06, Hilding <he7316575 at yahoo.se> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Well, I don't if this is the proper forum to ask
> >>>       
> >> about "overlapping
> >>     
> >>> partitions", but I'll do anyhow.
> >>> This is what is said by sudo qtparted:
> >>>
> >>> Error: Can't have overlapping partitions.
> >>> A bug has been detected in GNU Parted.  Refer to
> >>>       
> >> the web site of parted
> >>     
> >>> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html
> for
> >>>       
> >> more informations of
> >>     
> >>> what could be useful for bug submitting!  Please
> >>>       
> >> email a bug report to
> >>     
> >>> bug-parted at gnu.org containing at least the
> version
> >>>       
> >> (1.6.25.1) and the
> >>     
> >>> following message:  Assertion (disk != NULL) at
> >>> ../../libparted/disk.c:1074 in function
> >>>       
> >> ped_disk_next_partition() failed.
> >>     
> >>> I cannot understand, if this is due to a bug, or
> >>>       
> >> if I have used the
> >>     
> >>> wrong partition program, or too many partition
> >>>       
> >> programs. (I started with
> >>     
> >>> Norton Partition Magic)
> >>>
> >>> Well, what do You think? In Ubuntu, qtparted, it
> >>>       
> >> is possible to make a
> >>     
> >>> new partition table. Would that be "dangerous"
> for
> >>>       
> >> my XP? I have dual
> >>     
> >>> boot with GRUB.
> >>>
> >>> /Hilding in Sweden
> >>>
> >>>
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