[SOLVED] Transfer LL from laptop to desktop w/ win7 sp1 (side-by-side)

[tripple aught]

Here is:

sudo parted /dev/sda print

Code:

linux@linux:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda print
Model: ATA WDC WD800JD-60LS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
1      1049kB  4030MB  4029MB  primary  ntfs         boot, diag
2      4030MB  46.3GB  42.3GB  primary  ntfs

linux@linux:~$

ALSO instructions for Fixparts said:

BEFORE you proceed, make a backup copy of the partition table on the HDD with this command (substitute YOUR device name letter for the 'X'):

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    sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sdX > $HOME/Desktop/parts.txt



* Copy the 'parts.txt' file that appears on your Desktop to a USB stick (or some other external source) for safe keeping because it will be lost when you exit the live environment.

* If you have to restore the partition table for some reason, you can use that "parts.txt" file by doing the following:

    * Boot computer with 'live' DVD
    * Copy 'parts.txt' file from your source to the Desktop of the 'live' DVD
    * Then run this command in a terminal (substitute YOUR device name letter for the 'X'):

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    sudo sfdisk -f /dev/sdX < $HOME/Desktop/parts.txt

Soooo I'm thinking there may actually be something wrong with partitions so I used print.txt:

Code:

linux@linux:~$ sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sda > $HOME/Desktop/parts.txt
linux@linux:~$ sudo sfdisk -f /dev/sda < $HOME/Desktop/parts.txt
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy

This disk is currently in use - repartitioning is probably a bad idea.
Umount all file systems, and swapoff all swap partitions on this disk.
Use the --no-reread flag to suppress this check.

Disk /dev/sda: 9729 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Old situation:
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot Start     End   #cyls    #blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *      0+    489-    490-   3934208   27  Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2        489+   5634-   5145-  41325568    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
/dev/sda4          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
New situation:
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot    Start       End   #sectors  Id  System
/dev/sda1   *      2048   7870463    7868416  27  Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2       7870464  90521599   82651136   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3             0         -          0   0  Empty
/dev/sda4             0         -          0   0  Empty
Warning: partition 1 does not end at a cylinder boundary
Warning: partition 2 does not start at a cylinder boundary
Warning: partition 2 does not end at a cylinder boundary
Successfully wrote the new partition table

Re-reading the partition table ...
BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy
The command to re-read the partition table failed.
Run partprobe(8), kpartx(8) or reboot your system now,
before using mkfs
If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1)
to zero the first 512 bytes:  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1
(See fdisk(8).)
linux@linux:~$

I don't know how to interpret this, but it looks like there's something rotten in ..... oh wait....
can't say that here...

Hope this sheds more light.

>rebooted into Win - ok
>rebooted Live LL disk - Install doesn't see  /sda
>tried Fixparts again - 'command not found' - no typo errors