Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:01:57 -0500 From: "jpaetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "FBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: win98, freebsd, new hard drive, strange things Message-ID: <000701bfac6b$b4c5c000$625662d1@gimpy.visi.com>
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I just smoked a hard drive and so I installed a new one. Seems logical =
enough. The old drive was a 6 gig partitioned as 4gigs for win98 and 2 =
gigs for FBSD. =20
The new drive is a 20 gig 7200 rpm and I have it partitioned as 4 gig =
win98 primary, 4gig freebsd, and then 11 gig as win extended partition. =
All was well until I noticed that win98 was picking up a c:, d: and e:. =
The e: was a mirror of the c:. Win98 was convinced that I had 4 gigs on =
c: 11 gigs on d: and another 4 gigs on e:. Starting to sound funny? =
Well, I copied some stuff to and from c: and e: to see if they were =
mirrors or duplicates or whatever. When I went to boot Freebsd it was =
blown away. Obviously win98 was stomping on the freebsd partition and =
calling it e:. I am not sure how/why it was doing that, but I have =
reproduced it three times now. (I am getting sick of installing things =
on this system.)
FreeBSD fdisk says this:
Dos partition cyl 0-607
BSD partition cyl 608-1023
Ext. dos partition 1022-1022 ?????? (where's my other 1000 cylinders?)
Win98 fdisk is more rational
c: 1 pri dos 4gig
2 non-dos 4 gig
3 ext dos 11 gig
d: logical drive 11gig
I have truncated all this as I don't have a way at this point to copy =
other than to write it down and type it in. =20
System is a AMD K6-233 128 megs of edo ram 4meg s3 virge video generic =
ethernet pn0 running win98 and freebsd 3.4-release on a generic kernel. =
I have had this system working for a long time with this configuration, =
just can't figure out how to get win98 to play nice with the new =
hard-drive....(although judging by the fdisk outputs it almost seems =
like freebsd is the confused one, but then again, FBSD isn't trashing =
any win partitions, either.) =20
If anyone has any ideas I am open to suggestions. I am going through =
the FAQ, handbook, and archives AGAIN, but I can't see where I am doing =
anything wrong. (obviously I am, though >:-)
Josh
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I just smoked a hard drive and so I installed a new =
one. =20
Seems logical enough. The old drive was a 6 gig partitioned as =
4gigs for=20
win98 and 2 gigs for FBSD. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The new drive is a 20 gig 7200 rpm and I have it =
partitioned=20
as 4 gig win98 primary, 4gig freebsd, and then 11 gig as win extended=20
partition. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>All was well until I noticed that win98 was picking =
up a c:,=20
d: and e:. The e: was a mirror of the c:. Win98 was =
convinced that I=20
had 4 gigs on c: 11 gigs on d: and another 4 gigs on e:. Starting =
to sound=20
funny? Well, I copied some stuff to and from c: and e: to see if =
they were=20
mirrors or duplicates or whatever. When I went to boot Freebsd it =
was=20
blown away. Obviously win98 was stomping on the freebsd partition =
and=20
calling it e:. I am not sure how/why it was doing that, but I have =
reproduced it three times now. (I am getting sick of installing =
things on=20
this system.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>FreeBSD fdisk says this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dos partition cyl 0-607</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>BSD partition cyl 608-1023</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ext. dos partition 1022-1022 ?????? (where's my =
other 1000=20
cylinders?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Win98 fdisk is more rational</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>c: 1 pri dos 4gig</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> 2 non-dos 4 =
gig</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> 3 ext dos 11 =
gig</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>d: logical drive 11gig</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have truncated all this as I don't have a way at =
this point=20
to copy other than to write it down and type it in. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>System is a AMD K6-233 128 megs of edo ram 4meg s3 =
virge video=20
generic ethernet pn0 running win98 and freebsd 3.4-release on a generic=20
kernel. I have had this system working for a long time with this=20
configuration, just can't figure out how to get win98 to play nice with =
the new=20
hard-drive....(although judging by the fdisk outputs it almost seems =
like=20
freebsd is the confused one, but then again, FBSD isn't trashing any win =
partitions, either.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>If anyone has any ideas I am open to =
suggestions. I am=20
going through the FAQ, handbook, and archives AGAIN, but I can't see =
where I am=20
doing anything wrong. (obviously I am, though >:-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Josh</FONT></DIV>
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