Re: SOLVED - Re: Renumbering partitions on an external drive
Hi Robert..
So out of curiosity... what were the exact sequence of commands you used!
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
After more research, I found I was using the wrong fdisk commands.
x
fi
r
w
does it. 'w' does not work in expert mode, nor does it give a warning if
you do 'fiw' so the changes never got written. You need the 'r' to
first
return to the main menu. 'm' for help really helped!
On 10/02/2014 01:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>
> On 10/02/2014 01:44 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> I have been messing around with partitions on a drive and now physically
>> they are sdb2,sdb3,sdb1. I want to get them in order. the fdisk xpert fiw
>> does NOT renumber them; it seems to be happy with things as they are.
>>
>> Is there anyway to fix this short of rebuilding the partition table,
>> carefully pointing each new entry to the right block? parted and gparted
>> don't have any help either.
>>
>> Yes, I know this is cosmetic, but hey, it SHOULD LOOK nice and neat...
>
>
> Oh here is what fdisk and parted report on the drive:
>
> # fdisk -l /dev/sdb
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x0009e2ad
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 92274688 625141759 266433536 83 Linux
> /dev/sdb2 2048 8388607 4193280 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sdb3 8388608 92274687 41943040 83 Linux
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order.
>
> # parted /dev/sdb print
> Model: Kingston SNA-DC/U (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdb: 320GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 2 1049kB 4295MB 4294MB primary linux-swap(v1)
> 3 4295MB 47.2GB 42.9GB primary ext4
> 1 47.2GB 320GB 273GB primary ext4
>
>
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