Partition Table (Resend)

Matthew S-H mathbymath at aol.com
Tue May 3 06:28:56 UTC 2005


Well, I don't know how to do it from the live CD.
I tried booting from the install CD and remaking it, but it just 
created it as one of the other nodes (not /dev/hdb6).
I really appreciate the help.

~Matt


On May 3, 2005, at 2:21 AM, Ed Fletcher wrote:

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> Matthew S-H wrote:
> | I'm resending this because I didn't get any responses. I'm 
> desperately
> | hoping someone can help me. I don't want to have to erase the entire
> | hard drive. If anyone has any ideas on how I can down by one (ie: 
> hdb8
> | becomes hdb9), I would appreciate it. I /hope/ that would solve my
> problem.
> |
> | I just reinstalled Ubuntu Hoary (I used a Warty CD and then ran a
> | dist-upgrade). I then surfed the web a bit (just taking a break). And
> | then I proceeded to mount the partitions from my old Hoary 
> installation
> | to migrate the data. The only partition I really needed was the
> | /dev/hdb6 partition that contained my home folder. I proceeded to 
> copy
> | over all he files I needed into my new home folder. Then, I booted 
> off
> | of the Warty install disk and deleted /dev/hdb6. Now, the computer 
> won't
> | boot. I get this error in grub whenever I try to boot:
> |
> |     *GRUB Loading stage1.5.
> |
> |
> |     GRUB loading, please wait...
> |     Error 15
> |     *
> |
> |
> | *Here is the current state of my partitions (in order):*
> |
> |     /dev/hda1 primary 10.7GB ntfs
> |     FREE SPACE 6.3GB
> |     /dev/hda3 primary 22.9GB ntfs
> |     FREE SPACE 2.8MB
> |
> |     /dev/hdb9 logical 9.9GB ext3 /
> |     /dev/hdb10 logical 1.9GB ext3 /boot
> |     /dev/hdb11 logical 4.9GB ext3 /tmp
> |     /dev/hdb12 logical 9.9GB ext3 /usr
> |     /dev/hdb13 logical 3.9GB ext3 /var
> |     /dev/hdb14 logical 11.9GB ext3 /home
> |     /dev/hdb16 logical 6.6GB swap
> |     /dev/hdb15 logical 14.9GB ext3 /home/matt/Media_Files
> |     FREE SPACE 23.2GB
> |     /dev/hdb8 logical 6.0GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb7 logical 3.9GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb6 logical 1.0GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb5 logical 17.9GB ext3 (FROM WARTY)
> |     FREE SPACE 3.2GB
> |
> |
> | *Here is what used to be the state of my partitions (I think):*
> |
> |     /dev/hda1 primary 10.7GB ntfs
> |     FREE SPACE 6.3GB
> |     /dev/hda3 primary 22.9GB ntfs
> |     FREE SPACE 2.8MB
> |
> |     /dev/hdb10 logical 9.9GB ext3 /
> |     /dev/hdb11 logical 1.9GB ext3 /boot
> |     /dev/hdb12 logical 4.9GB ext3 /tmp
> |     /dev/hdb13 logical 9.9GB ext3 /usr
> |     /dev/hdb14 logical 3.9GB ext3 /var
> |     /dev/hdb15 logical 11.9GB ext3 /home
> |     /dev/hdb17 logical 6.6GB swap
> |     /dev/hdb16 logical 14.9GB ext3 /home/matt/Media_Files
> |     */dev/hdb6 logical 6GB ext3 (OLD) /home*
> |     FREE SPACE 17.2GB
> |     /dev/hdb9 logical 6.0GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb8 logical 3.9GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb7 logical 1.0GB ext3 (FROM OLD SETUP)
> |     /dev/hdb5 logical 17.9GB ext3 (FROM WARTY)
> |     FREE SPACE 3.2GB
> |
> |
> | *Note that the only addition was the OLD /home partition. I have 
> assumed
> | that everything was just moved down by one when I deleted the hdb6 
> (OLD
> | /home) partition.
> | Note that this is the only change I have made. I didn't mean to 
> change
> | anything. I wanted to just delete that partition to free up some 
> space
> | because I didn't need it any more.
> |
> | Thanks for your help guys,
> | ~Matt*
> |
>
> This may or may not help much, but have you tried booting from a 
> live-cd
> and remaking the hdb6 partition?
>
> Ed
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> Ed Fletcher
> ed at fletcher.ca
>
> What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
> whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of 
> totalitarianism
> or the holy name of liberty or democracy?  -  Mahatma Gandhi 
> (1869-1948)
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