From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 10 15:54:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11118 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:54:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11044 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:53:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10AjRg-00052k-00; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:53:29 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id XAA00270; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:52:54 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA00864; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:51:21 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990210235121.D791@localhost> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:51:21 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: zhihuizhang , Bill Hamilton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partition with Partition Magic References: <36BB076C.A9E9CAA9@finsco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from zhihuizhang on Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 04:15:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 04:15:20PM -0500, zhihuizhang wrote: > > > I insert CD-ROM and reboot from it. At the FDISK screen, I see four > entries: > > offset size end name ptype desc subtype > 0 63 62 - 6 unused > 63 64197 64259 wd0s1 2 fat 4 <-- DOS > 64260 9767520 9831779 wd0s2 4 extended 5 <-- extended primary > 9831780 2363180 12594959 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 CA > > My question is: How come FreeBSD regard the first entry as unused? Why > Partition Magic does not show this entry (It only shows the last three, > wd0s1-wd0s3)? Why there are FOUR entries instead of THREE entries (each > represent a primary partition)? Where does the extra entry (first one) > come from? > Mine's the same, I think the first 63 sectors are the MBR and partition table. FreeBSD fdisk shows the _whole_ disk, the DOS version doesn't show the system areas> HTH -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message