[mythtv-users] Need help - partitioning foobar
Mike Perkins
mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Wed Jan 30 16:16:55 UTC 2013
On 30/01/13 14:22, Craig Huff wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback, but I need a little more info.
>
> I know it started at sector 63 and used the whole disk -- originally
> partitioned with gparted 0.5.1. Do I just use gparted again and format it
> as JFS using the whole disk as I did originally, or do I need to do
> something different to avoid wiping out the file definitions?
>
Whatever method you do, you do *not* want to reformat your volume, ever. That is
a sure way to lose your data!
What you need to do is to recreate the information in the partition table so
that it replicates what was there before. Others have given suggestions how that
can be done.
--
Mike Perkins
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