Given:
A sequence of partitions, (MSDOS) on a disk: A, B, C, D, E.
I know that I can add a partition between D and E using a tool like gparted, such that the list will become: A, B, C, D, F, E.
Aside from the horrifically insane way of using a hex-editor to hand-hack the partition table, (facepalm!!), is there a tool that will allow the partitions to be renumbered so that they are in sequential order? It is not required that it be a Raspberry Pi and/or Linux utility. Windows utilities are also acceptable.
Note that I don't want to physically re-order the partitions, I simply want the partition numbers to be in sequential order.
Also note that this would be done, if possible, just to make subsequent maintenance of the partition structure easier in the future. It is NOT worth the trouble of hand-hacking the partition table!
P.S.
I have tried hand-hacking partition tables in the past when disks have gone all pear-shaped, and it's not something I would recommend being done without a do-or-die, drop-dead on failure, (30 years of irreplaceable data worth millions of dollars, sans backups), level reason.
A sequence of partitions, (MSDOS) on a disk: A, B, C, D, E.
I know that I can add a partition between D and E using a tool like gparted, such that the list will become: A, B, C, D, F, E.
Aside from the horrifically insane way of using a hex-editor to hand-hack the partition table, (facepalm!!), is there a tool that will allow the partitions to be renumbered so that they are in sequential order? It is not required that it be a Raspberry Pi and/or Linux utility. Windows utilities are also acceptable.
Note that I don't want to physically re-order the partitions, I simply want the partition numbers to be in sequential order.
Also note that this would be done, if possible, just to make subsequent maintenance of the partition structure easier in the future. It is NOT worth the trouble of hand-hacking the partition table!
P.S.
I have tried hand-hacking partition tables in the past when disks have gone all pear-shaped, and it's not something I would recommend being done without a do-or-die, drop-dead on failure, (30 years of irreplaceable data worth millions of dollars, sans backups), level reason.
Statistics: Posted by jharris1993 — Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:20 pm
