lars:

Model: ATA Maxtor 7H500F0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      32.3kB  40.0GB  40.0GB  primary   ntfs            boot
 2      40.0GB  499GB   459GB   extended
 5      40.0GB  496GB   456GB   logical   ext4
 6      496GB   499GB   2147MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)