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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yep- stupid me,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In attempting to reformat a ext3 to fat partition I
ran the fdisk o option then the w write to disk -Big mistake! I've now got
only one useless partition with all my data on the other 5 -which will be
inaccessible after a reboot. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fdisk said changes will</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>effected on reboot. Until then I've got full access to
the disk using the old partition table presumably in memory somewhere -not
fstab, mtab perhaps in /proc? Unless the power goes off before somebody comes to
my aid I should be able to recover.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I believe there is also a duplicate
table on the disk -or at least there is with windoze - in which case a dd copy
should be able to fix.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously I've got only one chance to rectify so
all help appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How can I copy table back?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil C</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS Great topic to start my first post to plug
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