Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:06:53 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu> Cc: Bill Hamilton <billh@finsco.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partition with Partition Magic Message-ID: <36C28F9D.B7FE1202@seattleu.edu> References: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.990210152311.9110D-100000@bingsun1>
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zhihuizhang wrote: > > > When Partition Magic lists the partitions out, the extended shows on a > > line by itself. But of course, that is not correct. You have 7 > > partitions inside the extended. You need to rearrange these so that the > > free one is at the end or the beginning and then shrink the extended, > > leaving the free space as a primary partition. Don't format it, since > > the program only does MS type formats. If you do, you just have to > > select "delete" on it before FreeBSD will deal with it. Well, maybe not, > > but it would be less confusing in fdisk to just see it as free space. I > > don't know what version of PM you have, but in mine you cannot move or > > resize a Linux partition. Maybe in the latest version you can. But if > > the free one is at the end already, I guess you're ok. Just start by > > deleting that fat partition and shrink the extended. > > > > I am using Partition Magic 3.02 and I have free space as a primary > partition. The PC already has Linux, DOS 6, and Windows NT installed. > The pqmagict.exe shows there are three primary partitions available and > their sizes are 31.3MB, 4769.2MB, and 1349.2MB respectively. The first > two are also shown in the DOS fdisk command. The second primary partition > contains 7 subpartition: 4 labeled as Linux Ext2, 2 labeled as Linux swap, > and 1 labeled as NTFS (I guess this is for Windows NT). > > 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? I get this too (except my 512MB drive has only 0 - 31), and agree with whoever said Partition table and MBR and whatnot. Makes sense. -- Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu Where do you want to go today? http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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