Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 23:42:37 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warning: 3936 sector in last cylinder unallocated (2.2.5) Message-ID: <l03130300b149b6162a9d@[194.45.219.71]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402111751.9007V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <l03130302b148df6b9835@[194.45.219.71]>
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At 21:21 Uhr +0200 02.04.1998, Doug White wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Christoph Sold wrote:
>> [snip]
>> 3 partitions:
>> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>> c: 4124736 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 340)
>> -------
>> Ummm, why's there only one partition shown?
>
>Compatibility slices aren't supported anymore -- note disk type `unknown'.
I see. my fault.
>
>> 8 partitions:
>> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>> a: 65535 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 4*)
>> b: 151456 65535 swap # (Cyl. 4*- 13*)
>> c: 4124736 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0*- 256*)
>> =====>> ^^^^^^ what? Unused space on my precious new HD?
>><<=====
>
>This is normal -- partition c represents the entire slice. It's a `magic
>entry'.
Confusing, but makes sense.
>> During installation of wd2 (which is a little bit bigger than 2GB), I got
>> the warning:
>> "Warning: 3936 sector in last cylinder unallocated (2.2.5)"
>> Why?
>
>You selected a compatibility partition table during sysinstall. For
>cylinder alignment some sectors had to be left out so the table comes out
>right. Not that disk space is at a premium these days. :)
Thanks Doug, that helps. One problem less to solve.
-Christoph Sold
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