Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:30:04 -0800 From: "Peter Ong" <peter@haloflightleader.net> To: "Josh Tolbert" <hemi@scoundrelz.net> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mounting a Linux HDD Extended partition. Message-ID: <005301c18cc2$2717cda0$0101a8c0@haloflightleader.net> References: <Pine.BSO.4.31.0112241526050.8385-100000@halcyon.scoundrelz.net>
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Going right to it. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Tolbert" <hemi@scoundrelz.net> To: "Peter Ong" <peter@haloflightleader.net> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 1:27 PM Subject: Re: Mounting a Linux HDD Extended partition. > Hello, > Have you checked to see if the device files exist for the > partitions you're trying to mount? I was doing the exact same thing as you > were a few days ago and noticed that ad2s1(a|b|c|d|e|f|g) didn't exist in > /dev. I just had to cd to dev and "sh MAKEDEV ad2s1a ad2s1b ad2s1c...You > get the idea. > > Good luck, > Josh > > On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Peter Ong wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to mount a Linux HDD. It's divided into Linux partitions, 1, 2, > > 5 and so on... > > > > The first partition /, and then the 2 is an Extended parititon. The 5 is a > > logical partition, and there are 6, 7, and 8 which are also logical > > partitions. > > > > I'm trying to mount #5 and 6, 7, and 8 give the same thing: > > > > [11:12][root@saint:/]# mount -t ext2fs -r /dev/ad2s5 /mnt > > ext2fs: /dev/ad2s5: No such file or directory > > > > But this is what I get. > > > > So, I check out the info on fdisk: > > > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad2 ******* > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > cylinders=3736 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) > > > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > > cylinders=3736 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) > > > > Media sector size is 512 > > Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > > Information from DOS bootblock is: > > The data for partition 1 is: > > sysid 131,(Linux filesystem) > > start 63, size 48132 (23 Meg), flag 0 > > beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 2/ head 254/ sector 63 > > The data for partition 2 is: > > sysid 5,(Extended DOS) > > start 48195, size 59970645 (29282 Meg), flag 0 > > beg: cyl 3/ head 0/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 > > The data for partition 3 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 4 is: > > <UNUSED> > > ~ > > > > According to the Handbook, FreeBSD has support for BIOS extended/logical > > partitions. But FreeBSD only shows that this is a Primary and an Extended > > partition here, not the logical partitions. Does this mean that FreeBSD > > does not have support for such partitions? Is there a way for me to see the > > data in those partitions from BSD? > > > > My Linux partitions are always divided with only small primary partition for > > the /, and then the rest are logical partitions inside the extended. > > Thanks. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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