Disk /dev/sda: 1047 MB, 1047525376 bytes 33 heads, 61 sectors/track, 254 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2013 * 2048 = 4122624 bytes This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 ? 928849 1012649 337379044 69 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(68, 13, 10) logical=(928848, 5, 37) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(1012648, 7, 36) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 ? 845266 1774169 3739762930 73 Unknown Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(371, 114, 37) logical=(845265, 16, 61) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(1774168, 12, 30) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda3 ? 2 2 0 74 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(371, 114, 37) logical=(1, 9, 12) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1, 9, 11) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda4 1 1706465 2575259648 0 Empty Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(0, 0, 1) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(1706464, 23, 37) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order