Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:33:28 -0700 From: Nick Jennings <nkj@namodn.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems mounting extended partitions and fdisk. Message-ID: <20021017163328.F10984@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <200210172251.g9HMpMc27740@clunix.cl.msu.edu>; from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu on Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 06:51:22PM -0400 References: <20021017160028.C10984@namodn.com> <200210172251.g9HMpMc27740@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 06:51:22PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > su-2.05b# fdisk /dev/ad1 > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad1 ******* > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > cylinders=2586 heads=240 sectors/track=63 (15120 blks/cyl) > > > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > > cylinders=2586 heads=240 sectors/track=63 (15120 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 151137 (73 Meg), flag 80 (active) > > beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 9/ head 239/ sector 63 > > The data for partition 2 is: > > sysid 130,(Linux swap or Solaris x86) > > start 151200, size 680400 (332 Meg), flag 0 > > beg: cyl 10/ head 0/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 54/ head 239/ sector 63 > > The data for partition 3 is: > > sysid 131,(Linux filesystem) > > start 831600, size 483840 (236 Meg), flag 0 > > beg: cyl 55/ head 0/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 86/ head 239/ sector 63 > > The data for partition 4 is: > > sysid 5,(Extended DOS) > > start 1315440, size 37784880 (18449 Meg), flag 0 > > beg: cyl 87/ head 0/ sector 1; > > end: cyl 1023/ head 239/ sector 63 > > su-2.05b# > > > > It looks like fdisk is doing just what is is supposed to do. > If you enter fdisk device it will print out a summary of > the slice table. That is the way I read the man page. I read the manpage, and it does mention 'interactive' mode 3 times. However, it seems as if nowhere does it say how to get into interactive, mode. As I read it, it hinted at the fact that running 'fdisk <device>' whith no params would put you in interactive mode. I probably am missing something, but can you please tell me how to get into interactive mode? (I think I did this in the installation process). Thanks. -- Nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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