Partition table entries are not in disk order

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[James Lockie]

Can I fix this without deleting the partitions "Partition table entries 
are not in disk order"?

What caused it?

Re: Partition table entries are not in disk order

[Mario Emmenlauer]

James Lockie schrieb:
> Can I fix this without deleting the partitions "Partition table entries
> are not in disk order"?

Yes. From linux fdisk, (fdsik /dev/<your-disk>) choose the
advanced menu (by pressing x, afaik), then choose the
entry for correcting partition ordering (press 'm' anytime
to get some help on commands).

You should know that afterwards your partitions will be in
the order they are on disk, meaning all (or some) numbers might
change. That means you might have to adjust your /boot/grub/menu.lst,
and also your /etc/fstab, probably.

afterwards, you will get (on disk):
  /dev/hda1
  /dev/hda2
  /dev/hda3
   ...

> What caused it?

your last partitioning, probably.
It often happens when you delete one partition in the middle
and insert two or more in the remaining space. It can also
happen when you start adding partitions at the end.

if you for example had:
  /dev/hda1
  /dev/hda2   < delete, enter two new partitons
  /dev/hda3

after entering the two partitons ordering is:
  /dev/hda1
  /dev/hda2
  /dev/hda4 < wrong ordering
  /dev/hda3

Note that this is not really a problem for linux.

Cheers,
  Mario