SOLVED - Re: Renumbering partitions on an external drive

[bruce]

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 at 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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