Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 06:03:59 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Michiel Meijers' <michiel@cs.vu.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: fdisk <-> pqmagic Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011058F7@site2s1>
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It sounds to me like you want to enable LBA mode in your BIOS. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Michiel Meijers [SMTP:michiel@cs.vu.nl] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 5:36 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: fdisk <-> pqmagic > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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