[mythtv-users] Need help - partitioning foobar

[Per Jessen]

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?
> 

Hi Craig

It should be sufficient to recreate the partition exactly as it was.  
You can even try mounting it first - 

mount -o offset=x,ro  /dev/sdx  /mnt

x = starting sector times sectorsize 



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