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unknown partition table format on disk /dev/sda

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DanZ
2016-02-16
2016-02-21
  • DanZ

    DanZ - 2016-02-16

    Running UBUNTU 14.04,only OS on hard drive.

    Today while using Clonzilla to create an image of /sda, my UPS burped and the PC lost power. The PC recovered ok, but when I tried to start another image job I got an error in Clonzilla:

    "unknown partition table format on disk /dev/sda", then Clonzila terminated.

    I also noticed that on boot-up, now I get the GRUB screen. I don't think I used to get that, but I could be wrong, as I let the machine run many days without re-booting and just may not have noticed.

    Otherwise the machine seems to be working fine.

    Any advice please? Thanks DAN

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2016-02-21

    This is weird. You can boot the machine into GNU/Linux, but Clonezilla does not recognize the system...
    Please run the commands in the Clonezilla live command line:
    1. sudo -i
    2. parted -s /dev/sda print
    3. cat /proc/partitions.
    Then post the results of (2) and (3).

    Steven.

     

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