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  From: Robert Mibus <mibus@hallett-cove.schools.sa.edu.au>
  To  : Graham Hawes" <hawes@esc.net.au>, <hawes@esc.net.au>
  Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:29:22 +1000

Re: Lost Partitions

try lread/ldir from sunsite, they are dos programs, but ive used them in
emergencies, and they rule.
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Graham Hawes <hawes@esc.net.au>
    To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
    Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 9:15 AM
    Subject: Lost Partitions


    Hi All.

    I have recently discovered (to my horror) that all the partitions on
/dev/hda are not there anymore.
    This includes a Win98 partition, as well as my /home, /var and swap
partitions. The question I am asking the list is:

    Is there any way of recovering the partitions? My / partition and most
of the user stuff (/usr, /usr/local, and so on) are on /dev/hdb and they are
still unaffected, but the system will not boot without my swap space on
/dev/hda. I would really like a simple program that will fit on a boot disk
and search (??) the disk for at least my Linux partitions and write me a
temporary partition table to enable me to back up my /home. Does such a
program exist.

    I have an old version of norton Utilities for DOS and this finds DOS
partitions and writes a temp partition table, but I am not sure whether it
will find Linux Partitions or not.

    Cheers, and thanks in advance for your help - reply personall via email,
    Adam Hawes


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