Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:18:48 +1100 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Kermit Tensmeyer <kermit@brite.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting Dos Partition: Message-ID: <36A26FD8.3D58CB8C@TurnAround.com.au> References: <026b01be40cd$2e8edae0$f2adb5cc@perch.isg.brite.net>
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Kermit Tensmeyer wrote:
> I reallocated a portion of my disk [ small partion:boot;]
> [partion NTFS /dev/wd0s1], [extended dos partition -
> sysid 5 /dev/wd0s2] and FreeBSD [/dev/ws0s3{a-f}]
>
> I tried to mount_msdos /dev/wd0s2 /mnt but it failed
> becase the drive is the wrong type.
>
> How do I mount an extended dos partition under
> FreeBSD? I would really like to have a area of the
> disk where I could read files written by by NT dual
> boot system.
>
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Don't know if this is the same problem, but DOS used to allocate
extended partitions from slice 5. So my old command to mount my
extended DOS partition was to use /dev/wd0s5. You may need to make this
device yourself as I recall having to make mine manually (cd /dev;sh
MAKEDEV wd0s5) or similar.
--
Regards
Andrew Johns
TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd
http://www.turnaround.com.au/
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