gpart/README.md

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gpart

Gpart is a tool which tries to guess the primary partition table of a PC-type hard disk in case the primary partition table in sector 0 is damaged, incorrect or deleted. The guessed table can be written to a file or device. Supported (guessable) filesystem or partition types:

  • DOS/Windows FAT (FAT 12/16/32)
  • Linux ext2
  • Linux swap partitions versions 0 and 1 (Linux >= v2.2.X)
  • Linux LVM physical volume module (LVM by Heinz Mauelshagen)
  • Reiser FS
  • OS/2 HPFS
  • Windows NT/2000 FS
  • *BSD disklabels
  • Solaris/x86 disklabels
  • Minix FS
  • SGI XFS on Linux
  • BeOS filesystem
  • QNX 4.x filesystem