Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4378 35166253+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 4379 4501 987997+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 4502 14593 81063990 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 2063 MB, 2063597568 bytes 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes Disk identifier: 0x20736f63 This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 ? 483147 906744 840415161 69 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(612, 109, 33) logical=(483146, 62, 10) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(255, 97, 46) logical=(906743, 20, 39) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc2 ? 488141 917006 850868148+ ff BBT Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(367, 115, 35) logical=(488140, 47, 17) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(80, 13, 10) logical=(917005, 46, 55) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc3 ? 445630 891225 884061367 6c Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(355, 116, 37) logical=(445629, 2, 52) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(112, 97, 32) logical=(891224, 31, 27) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc4 ? 727239 727252 27107 0 Empty Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(10, 114, 13) logical=(727238, 12, 25) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(727251, 54, 50) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order