Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:35:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: Michiel Meijers <michiel@cs.vu.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: fdisk <-> pqmagic Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9905211133590.29754-100000@flits.cs.vu.nl>
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Hello, Does someone know if fdisk (FreeBSD, not DOS) writes other partitioning info than PQMagic on the harddisk ? Because when I wrote the partitioning table with PQMagic, fdisk couldn't determine what the types where of my partitions (FAT32 and NTFS). So, I wrote the partitioning info with fdisk (ok, stupid) and now PQMagic doesn't understand my partitioning info. Is there any chance that I can get my data back ? (Of course I didn't backup.) I mean to get the partitioning info right again ? This problem came because I had another problem. And this has to be fixed anyway. I have a Maxtor 4320 8,4GB drive. The problem is that when I boot my computer says it has 1027 cylinders. That's more than MS-DOS can handle (I want to install NT 4.0 Workstation, but the MS-DOS Setup won't install it on a harddisk >1024 cyls). The weirdest thing happened when I also installed the harddisk of my roommate: It's the same harddisk, the Maxtor 4320 8,4GB, BUT when I ask the settings at booting time, the harddisk of my roommate tells my it has 1024 cyl ! How's this possible ? And can I also get my harddisk to tell everyone it has only 1024 cyl instead of 1027 ? I hope you can help me, because I've looked everywhere, but no one seems to know. Please email me here: michiel@cs.vu.nl Many, many thanks, Michiel Meijers --- michiel@cs.vu.nl --- http://www.cs.vu.nl/~michiel/| student AI '94 -- VU Amsterdam --------------------------------------| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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