Tried gpart -f -n s --> force full diskscan + address by sectors gave me the following after a long time waiting: dev(/dev/hda) mss(512) chs(12161/255/63)(LBA) #s(195366465) size(95393mb) Primary partition(1) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Primary partition(2) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Primary partition(3) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Primary partition(4) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Begin scan... Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(14001mb), offset(0mb) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(63-28676022) chs: (0/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(1784/254/61)r hex: 00 01 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 78 8F B5 01 Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(14001mb), offset(14001mb) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(28676024-57351983) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1784/254/63)-(3569/253/60)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF B8 8F B5 01 78 8F B5 01 Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(15267mb), offset(15267mb) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 15267mb #s(31268096) s(31268159-62536254) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1946/89/63)-(3892/178/61)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF 3F 1D DD 01 00 1D DD 01 Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(9730mb), offset(15267mb) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 9730mb #s(19928152) s(31268160-51196311) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1946/90/1)-(3186/209/55)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF 40 1D DD 01 58 14 30 01 Possible partition(Windows NT/W2K FS), size(9730mb), offset(24998mb) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 9730mb #s(19928152) s(51196319-71124470) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (3186/209/63)-(4427/74/54)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF 9F 31 0D 03 58 14 30 01 Possible partition(Linux ext2), size(36mb), offset(24998mb) type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem) size: 36mb #s(75600) s(51196320-51271919) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (3186/210/1)-(3191/134/63)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 83 FE FF FF A0 31 0D 03 50 27 01 00 Possible partition(Linux swap), size(1500mb), offset(26059mb) type: 130(0x82)(Linux swap or Solaris/x86) size: 1500mb #s(3072000) s(53369456-56441455) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (3322/24/15)-(3513/81/8)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 82 FE FF FF 70 5A 2E 03 00 E0 2E 00 End scan. Checking partitions... * Warning: Discarded 5 overlapping partition guesses. Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(63-28676022) chs: (0/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(1784/254/61)r hex: 00 01 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 78 8F B5 01 Partition(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX): primary type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(28676024-57351983) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1784/254/63)-(3569/253/60)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF B8 8F B5 01 78 8F B5 01 Ok. Guessed primary partition table: Primary partition(1) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(63-28676022) chs: (0/1/1)-(1023/254/63)d (0/1/1)-(1784/254/61)r hex: 00 01 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 78 8F B5 01 Primary partition(2) type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) size: 14001mb #s(28675960) s(28676024-57351983) chs: (1023/254/63)-(1023/254/63)d (1784/254/63)-(3569/253/60)r hex: 00 FE FF FF 07 FE FF FF B8 8F B5 01 78 8F B5 01 Primary partition(3) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Primary partition(4) type: 000(0x00)(unused) size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r hex: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 regards georg _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/