Disk /dev/sda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders, total 320173056 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x26ab26aa Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 20482874 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 20515005 23728004 1606500 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 24579450 166240619 70830585 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 166240620 320159384 76959382+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 166240683 289121804 61440561 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda6 289122304 320157695 15517696 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 1027 MB, 1027416576 bytes 32 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders, total 2006673 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 ? 778135908 1919645538 570754815+ 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(392205, 19, 11) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(967563, 8, 51) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 ? 168689522 2104717761 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386 Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(85024, 30, 47) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(1060845, 20, 42) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 ? 1869881465 3805909656 968014096 79 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(942480, 18, 30) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(1918301, 7, 39) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb4 ? 2885681152 2885736650 27749+ d Unknown Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1454476, 12, 25) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(1454504, 11, 33) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order