Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:45:08 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>, Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable Message-ID: <326C97A4.D2D@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961021225316.4986K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Snob Art Genre wrote: > > > > Please, anyone correct me, but mounting a DOS-FS could -- under certain > > > circumstances -- corrupt the BSD-FS !?!? > > > > > > > Shortly after I installed FreeBSD, I was running two finds on different > > virtual consoles, with /msdos mounted, and my machine crashed hard. When > > it came back up, my entire FreeBSD installation was hosed. I can't say it > > was definitely due to msdosfs, but I suspect it. > > The primary problem comes when you FIPS a partition and cause the cluster > size to change. FreeBSD assumes a perfect world while FIPS cheats -- it > SHOULD rewrite all those sectors back down to the smaller clustersize but > that takes a while (I had a program that actually did it right!) esp. on > big disks. There is a commercial DOS software package called PartitionMagic (see http://www.powerquest.com) that costs about $50 and can edit partitions without reformatting (it can shrink/expand DOS and HPFS partition and move around many other types of partitions, though not FreeBSD yet - maybe someone shoul talk to them as they support linux and SCO partiotions). I never had a problem with it, and it is highly recommended if you find yourself repartitioning disks often (once a year is often enough for me). It sure beats backing up, formatting and restoring! > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Nadav
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