Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:59:10 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disklabel 101? Message-ID: <20010409115910.B20710@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <3ACE972D.A13CF44C@babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 12:27:26AM -0400 References: <20010405111707.A35325@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3ACE972D.A13CF44C@babbleon.org>
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* The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> [010407 05:32]: > Rasputin wrote: > > <PHYSICAL><-----EXTENDED-----><------PHYSICAL------------> > > ad0s1 ad0s5 ad0s6 ad0s3 > > <-winXX--><-msdos-><Slackware><-------BSD----------------> > > | 2Gb | 1.5Gb | 2Gb | / | swap | /usr | /var | > > ^ > > | > > old FUBARed Slackware partition > > It's in the second logical partition in an extended DOS partition on > > my second physical partition (dev/ad0s6 in FreeBSD) > > There's a Gb of data in ad0s5 (which is fine). > > FreeBSD doesn't know extended partitions from what I can see. Does > your FreeBSD actually see ad0s5/ad0s6? 'Cause mine never seemed to > found; I used PartitionMagic to convert my DOS partition from logical to > primary largely to deal with this. I can read ad0s5 OK, except I get some wierd errors when lookng at files. I was trying to back up my w95 profile from ad0s5 to a zip drive, and ls seems to die in strange and wondorus ways e.g. (/extra is where /dev/ad0s5 is mounted) /extra/w96bak/netscape-profiles/rasputin/ holds my w95 netscape profile. trying to CD into it fails, 'not a directory' du -ksc /extra also falls over with read errors. I assumed it was because ad0s6 was screwed, so didn't think any more of it. Does anyone else have problems reading DOS extended partitions? I'd send a pr for this, but don't want to so close to a RELEASE unless it's seen by others. > Anyway, as far as *I* am aware what you've really got is: > > ad0s1 - first partition = winXx > ad0s2 - second partiion = extended > ad0s3 = third partition = BSD Check. Although the plan is to steal some space from ad0s2 for ad0s1 (half-life....drool....) and then reformat what's left into another BSD parttion for /usr/src (hence the stoopid disklabel question) > (And what release are you running, BTW?) 4.3-RC (The One With The B0rken PCM Header) -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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