Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 17:08:58 -0800 From: ben <ben@stonehenge-net.com> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing with extended partitions Message-ID: <3AA82D2A.7090204@stonehenge-net.com> References: <3AA81735.1040208@stonehenge-net.com> <20010308174449.A586@cec.wustl.edu>
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Andrew Hesford wrote: > don't think PM and UNIX play well together. i would tend to agree. unfortunatly, its the only tool i'm aware of for this purpose. > Second, how are you trying to access this partition? You should run > MAKEDEV to add ad0s[5-9] or whatever partition numbers you want. FreeBSD > will recognize the logical partitions the same way Linux does, with the > first logical partition being ad0s5, and counting up from there. the process was: user PM to convert the 4th 'real' partition to logical (inside extended) , shrink it, add 5th partition. insert the freebsd boot floppy (from the 4.3 /floppies directory on freebsd.org) tell it to do a standard install via ftp, get to the "fdisk like partition editor" screen. it doesn't see the logical partitions inside the extended partition. should i just boot off the floppies, kill sysinstall, and do it by hand? not sure i'm qualified for that... it's entirely possible that something was done with boot magic to hide all but certain partitions, i've never used it, and my use of unix on this machine is not appreciated by the IT department (not from redmond!) so i can't ask too many questions. > > > Then, if you have NTFS support in your kernel, you should be able to > mount_ntfs the partition with no trouble. Mind you, I've not tried this > with NTFS partitions, only ext2... > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:35:17PM -0800, ben wrote: > >> my <wonderful> IT department has just decided to install a new image >> file on my laptop consisting of 2 different NTFS partitions with >> different $PATH variables, (to run 2 different versions of powerbuilder >> on) a third for shared stuff, and a small hidden partition with >> bootmagic, so the 2 bootable partitions won't mount each other. >> >> i can squeeze these down small enough to still have 4.8 or so gigs for >> FreeBSD, but when i use partition magic to set up the last NTFS >> partition as a logical partition within an extended partition, FreeBSD's >> installer won't see the NTFS partition - it just shows me the extended >> whole extended partitionas ad0s4. is there a way for it to see the >> logical partitions? is this a partition magic bug? >> >> thanks >> >> Ben >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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