spa:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 512 MB, 512229376 bytes
16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 992 * 512 = 507904 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x59c07261
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 ? 4281600 8492928 2088818490 1 FAT12
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(124, 38, 11) logical=(4281599, 9, 16)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(344, 195, 26) logical=(8492927, 2, 53)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 ? 1082629 5161309 2023024920+ 42 SFS
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(453, 241, 50) logical=(1082628, 12, 21)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(26, 59, 22) logical=(5161308, 0, 45)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 ? 1715327 1715991 329394 6f Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(367, 183, 2) logical=(1715326, 4, 42)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(102, 116, 32) logical=(1715990, 6, 17)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4 1409641 2510044 545800106+ 49 Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(332, 76, 4) logical=(1409640, 0, 33)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(344, 78, 21) logical=(2510043, 7, 35)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
spa:~#