Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:40:04 +0100 From: Stephan Beal <stephan.beal@einsurance.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting rid of FreeBSD partitions? Message-ID: <01011913400404.17675@cheyenne> In-Reply-To: <01011913330503.17675@cheyenne> References: <01011913330503.17675@cheyenne>
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Minor add/corrections to some of the text below: 1) FreeBSD's fdisk simply prints out a bunch of error text when running i= t,=20 so I can't use BSD's fdisk to remove the partitions: "Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1" Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for parition 1 is: syspid 12, (DOS or WIndows 95 with 32 bit FAT, LBA) Start 63, size 40079025 (19569 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ sector 1/ head 1; end cyl 848/ sector 63/ head 15 The data for partition 2 is: <UNUSED> (repeats this for partitions 3 and 4) 2) The drives both worked wonderfully for a year with Linux, and only sta= rted=20 with this stuff when I tried to uninstall BSD. On Friday 19 January 2001 13:33, Stephan Beal wrote: > All, > > Please excuse me if this is not the correct list to post this, but Free= BSD > seems to have a rather limited set of lists, and this one sounded close= : > > I installed FreeBSD 4.1 last week. I don't at all like it (reminds me t= oo > much of Solaris), and I'm trying desparately to replace it with Somethi= ng > Else. The problem is that I can't remove the BSD partitions. I have tri= ed > Win98's fdisk, Linux's fdisk, and even FreeBSD's fdisk (using the > installation app), and I simply cannot make these damned BSD partitions= go > away. I suspect that using BSD's fdisk via the installer would work if = it > would allow me to commit the changes without having any BSD partitions > installed. Running fdisk from the "holographic rescue shell" simply doe= sn't > do it - they reappear on the next boot. > Linux's fdisk segfaults when I try, and Win98's says it deletes them, o= nly > to have them show up again on the next reboot. > I've got a 20GB IBM drive, which is my primary concern, plus an old 4GB > secondary drive with the same problem (plus FreeBSD will only acknowled= ge > 2GB of it, but that's beside the point). The drives are both useless to= me > until I can get the BSD partitions off of them. > I've seen this problem before, but only with NT-fdisked drives, and eve= n > then, Linux's fdisk would fix the problem. > > How the hey do I get rid of BSD paritions? I've tried changing drive mo= des > (LBA, Normal, etc.), different fdisk apps... everything I have availabl= e. > > (PS: May I please ask that you respond directly to me, as I have no > intention of subscribing to this list, as I don't intend on continuing = to > use FreeBSD.) > > Thanks very much in advance, > > ----- Stephan Beal > Generic Universal Computer Guy > stephan.beal@einsurance.de http://www.einsurance.de > Office: +49 (89) 53 07 38 32 (Don't bother. I never answer it.) > Handy: +49 (179) 2119767 (I rarely answer that one, too.) > "People don't live or die, people just grow." -- Bob Dylan --=20 ----- Stephan Beal Generic Universal Computer Guy stephan.beal@einsurance.de http://www.einsurance.de Office: +49 (89) 53 07 38 32 (Don't bother. I never answer it.) Handy: +49 (179) 2119767 (I rarely answer that one, too.) "People don't live or die, people just grow." -- Bob Dylan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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