Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:43:25 -0400 From: Vince Gonzalez <vince@nycrc.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reformatting part of a drive Message-ID: <19990527194325.A3623@moe.nycrc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905271223570.16577-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Thu, May 27, 1999 at 12:24:10PM -0700 References: <199905260331.PAA19429@aniwa.sky> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905271223570.16577-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 12:24:10PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 1999, Andrew McNaughton wrote: > > > > > This is urgent. If anyone can answer this quickly it would make a big > > difference to me. > > > > I have a 10.2GB drive which I've partitioned, and put some important data in > > the last partition. I'm now ready to set up the system which I intended to > > reside in the second partition, and I've realised there is a problem. > > > > I have made the first partition, more than 1024 cylinders long, so it seems I > > will need to re-arrange things in order to boot from the second partition. > > > > Can I do this safely without risking the data stored on the last partition? > > Is it just a case of makeing sure that the partition editor indicates the same > > offset and size for the partition when I set up the new layout? > > Does your BIOS support LBA mode? If so turn it on. If you're dealing with existing partitions, won't changing the mapping whack the partition table? -- vince@nycrc.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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