Re: [novice] I wrecked my partition table.



Unruh wrote:
Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I would then reinstall Ubuntu. Run the install in a mode where you can
make a new partition table and tell it to leave your /dev/sda1,
/dev/sda2, and /dev/sda3 alone. I use /sbin/fdisk for this because I am
familiar with it. Whatever you use, be sure you understand it.

Why reinstall UbuntU? What is wrong now?

I do not know if anything is wrong with it or not. Whatever tool he is using
is either very different from what I use, or broken. The partition order
seems bizarre.

The only reason I suggest reinstalling is to make a more rational partition
table. An expert would not need to reinstall, but the O.P. claims to be a
novice and I infer he has little on there of importance at this point.

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