Comment 36 for bug 912031

Here is my hard drive information, in case that matters:

$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000080

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 192779 96358+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 192780 4289354 2048287+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 4289355 625137344 310423995 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4289418 86210559 40960571 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 602341173 625137344 11398086 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 86212608 188612607 51200000 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 188614656 291014655 51200000 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order