After fixing drive partition numbers, got error

English Hardware
#1

Hi,

After fixing drive partition numbers, I got the following error from cfdisk:

 FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: enlarged logical partitions overlap
                                                                 Press any key to exit cfdisk

However, I can see all my partitions with fdisk and gparted, I can mount and use all of them.
I used the following guide to fix the drive numbers order:
Reorder partition drive numbers in linux | LinkedBits
Does somebody know whet is cfdisks problem and how can I fix it?

Thank you!

#2

On 08/22/2011 04:56 PM, inp3dance wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After fixing drive partition numbers, I got the following error from
> cfdisk:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: enlarged logical partitions overlap
> Press any key to exit cfdisk
>
> --------------------
>
> However, I can see all my partitions with fdisk and gparted, I can
> mount and use all of them.
> I used the following guide to fix the drive numbers order:
> ‘Reorder partition drive numbers in linux | LinkedBits’
> (http://tinyurl.com/4xd3gyo)
> Does somebody know whet is cfdisks problem and how can I fix it?

Please post the output of ‘sudo /sbin/fdisk -l’

#3 
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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
Disk identifier: 0x0002793a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048    16771071     8384512   83  Linux
/dev/sda2   *    16771072    33687551     8458240    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3        33688366   488392064   227351849+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5        33688431   117531539    41921554+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       117531603   201358709    41913553+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7       201358773   348273134    73457181    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda8       348273198   486689174    69207988+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda9       486689238   488392064      851413+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
#4

On 08/23/2011 12:56 AM, inp3dance wrote:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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
> Disk identifier: 0x0002793a
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 2048 16771071 8384512 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 * 16771072 33687551 8458240 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda3 33688366 488392064 227351849+ f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
> /dev/sda5 33688431 117531539 41921554+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda6 117531603 201358709 41913553+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 201358773 348273134 73457181 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda8 348273198 486689174 69207988+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda9 486689238 488392064 851413+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

I don’t see anything wrong with #6.

#5

Well, everything is fine, I can mount and use the partitions, gparted and fdisk does not throw any error?warning messages. Only cfdisk.

#6

On 08/23/2011 01:06 PM, inp3dance wrote:
>
> Well, everything is fine, I can mount and use the partitions, gparted
> and fdisk does not throw any error?warning messages. Only cfdisk.

Then ignore cfdisk. It must be broken.

#7

hii,

Don’t worry I faced the similar situation, you may be getting this fatal error because of corruption of partition. The error may results in inaccessibly of data stored in the partitions of the system. formatting may resolve the error but it will lead to the loss of data from partitions of the system. Partition recovery software will help to recover data lost from corrupted partitions.

#8

Yeah,if you lost your data on the partition,you can recover data off it with the help of data recovery software.