Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 12:32:47 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Allen Sitho <sithoa@ecs.csus.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What is "invalid primary partition... magic"? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970511123045.21364B-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.970511101114.1336A-100000@gaia.ecs.csus.edu>
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On Sun, 11 May 1997, Allen Sitho wrote: a magic number exists in the partitions table so that the block on the hard drive may be verified to be a partition table ... it's serious if it is causing you problems. > Hello, > When I tried to run Sysintall I get this message at the beginning. > "Invalid Primary Partition Table.. magic." What is this? Should it be > something I worry about? I have dos 622 on the first partition of the > drive and bsd on the second partition. Is this a problem of mounting dos > partition? Or is it more serious? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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