Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:20:50 -0700 From: JJ Behrens <jj@nttmcl.com> To: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org>, .freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fdisk seems broken for slices above cyl 1023 Message-ID: <20020619102050.B16914@alicia.nttmcl.com> In-Reply-To: <auto-000027375458@dc-mx03.cluster1.charter.net>; from duhring@charter.net on Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 07:06:13PM -0500 References: <20020616232401.C91106@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> <20020616233233.GC56375@wantadilla.lemis.com> <auto-000027375458@dc-mx03.cluster1.charter.net>
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> The fdisk utility from both NetBSD and OpenBSD have been unable to > recognize any drive larger than 1024 cylinders in my experience. I > would recommend you use them before importing any of their code. > > The only fdisk utility which I have found to work consistently well > with large drives is the one used in the Linux distros. Hmm, perhaps I am misunderstanding you, so I welcome your corrections. However, OpenBSD was successfully able to partition my large drive using LBA. Although the user interface did not work successfully, the partitioning was successful, and I was able to dual-boot FreeBSD and OpenBSD on my laptop. Nonetheless, I agree with you that Linux's fdisk is orders of magnitude nicer. Best Regards, -jj -- Users of C++ should consider hanging themselves rather than shooting their legs off--it's best not to use C++ simply as a better C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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