From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 11:03:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9228616A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:03:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.libero.it (smtp2.libero.it [193.70.192.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D181843D54 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:03:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.alberti@inwind.it) Received: from localhost (172.16.1.82) by smtp2.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 41BDB663018F1593 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:03:57 +0200 Received: from libero.it (172.16.1.85) by smtp0.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 41BDA6DE00FEED58 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:03:38 +0200 Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:03:38 +0200 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Sensitivity: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: "m.alberti@inwind.it" To: "freebsd-questions" X-XaM3-API-Version: 4.1 (B27pl2) X-type: 0 X-SenderIP: 192.167.215.104 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at libero.it serv3 Subject: Problem with partitioning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:03:40 -0000 Dear all, I have been trying to install FreeBSD 5.3, and having problems= with partitions. My HD configuration was as follows: - one IBM 30 GB H= D (seen as ad0 by FreeBSD booted from CD, and as /dev/hde by Linux) with= a FAT32 partition (WinME), a Ext3 partition (Mandrake Linux 8.1) and a = Linux Swap partition - one Maxtor 200 GB HD (seen as ad1 by FreeBSD and = as /dev/hdg by Linux) with a FAT32 partition (no OS on it), a Ext3 parti= tion (Slackware Linux 10.1) and 100 GB free space. The OSes are booted = by Lilo installed on the MBR of the first disk. I made a 30GB partition = for FreeBSD and installed the system on it, leaving the MBRs untouched. = It did give me a warning about wrong disk geometry, but otherwise the in= stallation seemed OK. Now what happens is: - WinME can't see the FAT32 = partition on the Maxtor disk (let alone the other ones); - Mandrake Linu= x and Lilo can't see any partition on the Maxtor disk (so I can't boot t= he OSes on this disks); - Knoppix 3.7 (a live Linux CD) can see the part= itions on the Maxtor disk (even the sub-partitions in the FreeBSD partit= ions - let me apologize here for not using the proper FreeBSD terminolog= y) but it can't mount them properly; - FreeBSD (booted from CD) can see = and mount everything properly. A couple more notes: - I made the partit= ions on the Maxtor CD with Slackware's fdisk; - When I boot from the Fre= eBSD cd (or Freesbie) I need to choose safe mode, or it will hang after = detecting the Maxtor disk (maybe I should have taken this in more accoun= t...). Any idea on what went wrong and how to fix it? The data already o= n the Maxtor disk are not critical, but I would prefer to recover them.=0D = Thanks, Marco=0A=0A=0A=0A_______________________________________________= _____________=0ANavighi a 4 MEGA e i primi 3 mesi sono GRATIS. =0AScegli = Libero Adsl Flat senza limiti su http://www.libero.it=0A