Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 21:46:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extended DOS partition support? Message-ID: <199506130446.VAA24872@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199506130417.VAA05044@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty" at Jun 12, 95 09:17:25 pm
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> >>> Poul-Henning Kamp said: > > > I am curious where is this slice stuff documented. > > > On my system, which I suped and "make world" on saturday. > > > MAKEDEV does not create a /dev/wd0s5 so I created one. When I tried > > > mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s5 , the system claims that the device is not > > > configured. Fine, so I went down the list till /dev/wd0s1 which seems to > work > > > on my system over here. > > > > wd0s1 isn't an extended DOS partition. > > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /dos > rah# Jun 12 21:16:29 rah /kernel: wd0s1: type 0x6, start 35, end = 243879, > size 243845 : OK > Jun 12 21:16:29 rah /kernel: wd0s1: type 0x6, start 35, end = 243879, size > 243845 : OK > > rah# ls /dos > 0setup.tmp config.01 foo.bat nackexp.zip sw32.env Amancio, there is a subtle difference between "a DOS partition" and "an extended DOS partition" that you are obviously not aware of. But it works, so just enjoy it. you can read about it in the docs. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
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