Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:05:31 +0200 From: Iavor Raytchev <pobox@verysmall.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: PartitionMagic question Message-ID: <42BDD52B.70804@verysmall.org>
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I am installing FreeBSD on a laptop with Windows XP Pro. I created empty space with PartitionMagic and installed FreeBSD there making the FreeBSD partition with the FreeBSD partition utility in the install. I took the drive geometry from PartitionMagic as the BIOS does not tell it (ThinkPad X30). The installation went well and both OS boot well. When I run PartitionMagic it reported 3 errors - different LBA and CHS values - the errors are on the first sector of the FreeBSD partitions and on the first sectors of the next two partitions (seeing from the LBA). PartitionMagic says in all 3 cases that the LBA and CHS values are different. In all 3 cases the CHS value is the same - 15483887 (drive geometry is 5168/240/63). After PartitionMagic repairs the errors everything is OK. Both OS boot well. My questions are - a) does somebody know why the errors appear? b) is the installation safe after the errors are fixed? PartitionMagic is listed officially as installation preparation utility and I assume it should be safe to use it afterwards, apart from touching the FreeBSD partition.
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