Hi Robert.. So out of curiosity... what were the exact sequence of commands you used! On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After more research, I found I was using the wrong fdisk commands. > > x > fi > r > w > > does it. 'w' does not work in expert mode, nor does it give a warning if > you do 'fiw' so the changes never got written. You need the 'r' to first > return to the main menu. 'm' for help really helped! > > > On 10/02/2014 01:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> On 10/02/2014 01:44 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> I have been messing around with partitions on a drive and now physically >>> they are sdb2,sdb3,sdb1. I want to get them in order. the fdisk xpert fiw >>> does NOT renumber them; it seems to be happy with things as they are. >>> >>> Is there anyway to fix this short of rebuilding the partition table, >>> carefully pointing each new entry to the right block? parted and gparted >>> don't have any help either. >>> >>> Yes, I know this is cosmetic, but hey, it SHOULD LOOK nice and neat... >> >> >> Oh here is what fdisk and parted report on the drive: >> >> # fdisk -l /dev/sdb >> >> Disk /dev/sdb: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors >> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disklabel type: dos >> Disk identifier: 0x0009e2ad >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdb1 92274688 625141759 266433536 83 Linux >> /dev/sdb2 2048 8388607 4193280 82 Linux swap / Solaris >> /dev/sdb3 8388608 92274687 41943040 83 Linux >> >> Partition table entries are not in disk order. >> >> # parted /dev/sdb print >> Model: Kingston SNA-DC/U (scsi) >> Disk /dev/sdb: 320GB >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >> Partition Table: msdos >> Disk Flags: >> >> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >> 2 1049kB 4295MB 4294MB primary linux-swap(v1) >> 3 4295MB 47.2GB 42.9GB primary ext4 >> 1 47.2GB 320GB 273GB primary ext4 >> >> > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
