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Subject: Re: emergency: can't boot!  please help
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:45:46 +0200, "Siegbert Baude"
<Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> said:
[snip]
> - If there is no partition table left on disk, things are more 
> difficult. Do you know how (which tool, which size) you partititioned 
> your disk in the first place? If yes, then you always have the chance to 
> exactly reproduce your disk layout and regain your data by doing the 
> same steps again.

I have no personal experience with it, but if you do have Linux, I've
heard good things about gpart.

Jud