[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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