Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f0565 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 38 305203+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 39 6617 52845817+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 6618 30401 191044980 5 Extended /dev/sda5 6618 6623 48163+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 6624 7352 5855661 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 7353 30401 185141061 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000c2c2b Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 121601 976760001 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xdbced770 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 13 102400 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc2 * 13 12901 103523328 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdc3 12901 30401 140569280+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdd: 2079 MB, 2079850496 bytes 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes Disk identifier: 0x8ef631df This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 ? 532394 1026030 979374166 66 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(734, 123, 14) logical=(532393, 10, 21) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(120, 143, 6) logical=(1026029, 21, 22) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdd2 ? 869293 1863330 1972168331 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(187, 180, 14) logical=(869292, 36, 52) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(784, 0, 13) logical=(1863329, 2, 5) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdd3 ? 826566 1318870 976730017 7d Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(252, 59, 46) logical=(826565, 60, 39) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(139, 118, 4) logical=(1318869, 24, 32) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdd4 ? 8853 10951 4161536 6f Unknown Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(370, 101, 50) logical=(8852, 41, 19) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(10, 114, 13) logical=(10950, 12, 24) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order