Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:26:59 +0200 (MET DST) From: Michiel Meijers <michiel@cs.vu.nl> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: fdisk <-> pqmagic Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9905281122460.17308-100000@jol02.cs.vu.nl> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011058F7@site2s1>
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Of course this has already been done. Otherwise, my computer would say that my harddisk has 16838 cylinders. I was just wondering if someone could explain me why the same harddisk (only another serial number) tells me it has 1024 cyls and my harddisk says 1027. I e-mailed Maxtor, but they seem to be on a vacation. ;) On Sat, 22 May 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > 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 > Michiel Meijers --- michiel@cs.vu.nl --- http://www.cs.vu.nl/~michiel/| student AI '94 -- VU Amsterdam --------------------------------------| |How do you get two trumpets to play in perfect unison? --------------| |Shoot One -----------------------------------------------------------| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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