You receive the error "Partition table entries are not in disk order" when you are checking the file system using fdisk command. The error generated by when you have created a new partition, or deleted or any changes manually.

Problem:



fdisk -l



Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk identifier: 0xa33b6c03



   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *        2048    11718655     5858304   82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda2        11720702   579295231   283787265    5  Extended

/dev/sda3        11718656    11718656           0   83  Linux

/dev/sda4        11720701    11720701           0+  83  Linux

/dev/sda5        11720704    31250431     9764864   83  Linux

/dev/sda6        31252480    32421887      584704   83  Linux

/dev/sda7        32423936   266797055   117186560   83  Linux

/dev/sda8       266799104   462108671    97654784   83  Linux

/dev/sda9       462110720   579295231    58592256   83  Linux



Partition table entries are not in disk order

Solution:

Enter into the disk partition place,


fdisk /dev/sda



The device presents a logical sector size that is smaller than

the physical sector size. Aligning to a physical sector (or optimal

I/O) size boundary is recommended, or performance may be impacted.



Command (m for help):   m  

Command action

  ...

   l   list known partition types

   m   print this menu

   p   print the partition table

   q   quit without saving changes

   w   write table to disk and exit

   x   extra functionality (experts only)



Command (m for help):   x



Expert command (m for help):   m

Command action

...

   f   fix partition order

   m   print this menu

   p   print the partition table

   q   quit without saving changes

   r   return to main menu

   v   verify the partition table

   w   write table to disk and exit



Expert command (m for help):   f

Done.



Expert command (m for help):   w



The partition table has been altered!



Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.



WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.

The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at

the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)

Syncing disks.

Once your changes made on partition, please check with command again fdisk -l


fdisk -l