From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 10:13:13 2004 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 C946B16A4CE for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 10:13:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from almso1.proxy.att.com (almso1.att.com [192.128.167.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E7443D3F for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 10:13:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwb@homer.att.com) Received: from ulysses.homer.att.com ([135.205.193.8])i47HD4P7011038; Fri, 7 May 2004 13:13:04 -0400 Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (akiva.homer.att.com [135.205.212.39]) by ulysses.homer.att.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA26586; Fri, 7 May 2004 13:12:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from akiva.homer.att.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by akiva.homer.att.com (8.11.7+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id i47HCEp10601; Fri, 7 May 2004 13:12:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200405071712.i47HCEp10601@akiva.homer.att.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 03/14/2004 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Mark Ovens In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 06 May 2004 21:51:33 BST." <409AA555.9050205@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 13:12:14 -0400 From: "J. W. Ballantine" cc: "Foster, ThomasX" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntfs mount 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: Fri, 07 May 2004 17:13:13 -0000 The full fdisk output is: ******* Working on device /dev/ad0 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=4865 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=4865 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 45,(unknown) start 63, size 30716217 (14998 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: sysid 45,(unknown) start 30716280, size 20482875 (10001 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 3 is: sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 51199155, size 12273660 (5992 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 4 is: sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 63472815, size 14667345 (7161 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 21:51:33 +0100 > To: "J. W. Ballantine" > From: Mark Ovens > Subject: Re: ntfs mount > > J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > Seems our friends in redmond have done something strange with the > > fs type. both w2k partitions on the disk show a type of 45 > > Hmm, it's not a brand-name PC that came with Windows pre-installed is > it? If so there may be a hidden "recovery/diagnostics" partition that is > confusing fdisk. It a Dell, but given the configuration, i do not believe it came pre-installed from the factory. > > Do you have anything like OnTrack Disk Manager installed to get round > disk size limitations in the BIOS? Unlikely with a machine that runs > W2K, but I do know someone that installed in on a P-III machine when he > built it, using an old 6.5Gbyte disk, "because it came with the disk"? > No disk manager of any sort running. > Since you have 2 Windows partitions, you haven't installed any form of > multi-OS boot manager have you? You wouldn't need it with W2K but you > may have had if you had 2 different versions of Win9x on there once over? Only the first partition is bootable, I had two to separate the "standard" install from the non-standard (ie the programs I use). The multi-os boot manager is Smart Boot Manager, but that doesn't change any partiton ids. > > Can you post the whole output of `fdisk ad0', it may just give someone a > clue? > > > and both freebsd show 165. > > > > Which is correct. > > > Regards, > > Mark > > > Thanks > > Jim > > > > ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > > > >> Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 20:40:45 +0100 > >> To: "J. W. Ballantine" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.o rg > >> From: Mark Ovens > >> Subject: Re: ntfs mount > >> > >> J. W. Ballantine wrote: > >> > when I do a properties under w2k it says file system is ntfs, > >> > fdisk on bsd show partition 1 is sysid 45,(unknown) > >> > > >> > >> Hmm, should be sysid 7. I can't remember if the NTFS driver is built > >> into the kernel (by default) or it's a kld module under 4.x, I'm running > >> -CURRENT, but I'm sure I never had to do anything special for NTFS > >> support in 4.x and the Handbook and FAQ only mention mount_ntfs. > >> > >> FWIW, here's what I get (single partition, C:, on the first drive). Note > >> mine is 'da0', not 'ad0', as it's SCSI not IDE: > >> > >> /home/mark{38}# fdisk da0 > >> ******* Working on device /dev/da0 ******* > >> parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > >> cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) > >> > >> Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > >> parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > >> cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) > >> > >> Media sector size is 512 > >> Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > >> Information from DOS bootblock is: > >> The data for partition 1 is: > >> sysid 7 (0x07),(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX-2 (16 bit) or Advanced UNIX) > >> start 63, size 143347932 (69994 Meg), flag 0 > >> beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; > >> end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 > >> The data for partition 2 is: > >> > >> The data for partition 3 is: > >> > >> The data for partition 4 is: > >> > >> /home/mark{39}# > >> > >> > >> > ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > >> > > >> >> Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 20:01:24 +0100 > >> >> To: "J. W. Ballantine" , freebsd-questions@freeb sd.o > > rg > >> >> From: Mark Ovens > >> >> Subject: Re: ntfs mount > >> >> > >> >> J. W. Ballantine wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > yes, there is only one hard disk. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> What does the output from `fdisk ad0' show? > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> > >> >> Mark > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >