From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 12:46:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7E54F16A423 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:46:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pobox@verysmall.org) Received: from thing.verysmall.org (thing.verysmall.org [212.100.226.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE8B243D49 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:46:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pobox@verysmall.org) Received: (qmail 18495 invoked by uid 89); 26 Jun 2005 13:04:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (iavor.raytchev@verysmall.org@62.47.144.91) by thing.verysmall.org with SMTP; 26 Jun 2005 13:04:24 -0000 Message-ID: <42BEA3AB.6030804@verysmall.org> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:46:35 +0200 From: Iavor Raytchev User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0+ (Windows/20050620) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <42BDD52B.70804@verysmall.org> <42BDE482.5070006@dial.pipex.com> <42BE955A.9070407@verysmall.org> <42BE9A1B.2000000@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <42BE9A1B.2000000@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: PartitionMagic question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:46:41 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: >> I'll take the opposite approach and let >> them fixed (I am still just playing) so that we can make also "the >> other" experience. >> Iavor > > Something I've learned: Letting PM actually 'fix' an issue with a > non-standard Windows based MBR is _not_ a good idea. That's toasted > several grub installs of mine as well as other things. So, if everything > works, such that all partitions are usable as they should be, one should > leave them well enough alone. Partition Magic can't keep up with the > large degree of FS'es/configurations, so in many cases it in fact behind > in development on the Unix support end by a large degree. > -Garrett I am not sure I understand the MBR part. I left the NTLDR to handle the dual boot (by copying boot1 to C: and adding a line to boot.ini) as ThinkPad has special boot loader that can boot from the restore partition by pressing F11 at boot time. I could not make another boot loader to boot the restore partition. It is somehow special. So the MBR is standard. I can see the point about PartitionMagic not understanding many FS'es/configurations. PM marks partitions it does not understand in yellow ("other"). Just I was wondering why after creating the FreeBSD partition with the partition utility that is part of the FreeBSD installation process - PartitionMagic found "problems" outside the FreeBSD partition. Isn't the partitions table kind of "international" territory where FreeBSD should touch only its own "land"? Is there a tool for management of mixed NTFS, FreeBSD and FAT32 partitions without such headaches or one should just get used to live with them? It is hard to add second HDD to a laptop...