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Date:      Fri, 21 May 1999 11:35:43 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Michiel Meijers <michiel@cs.vu.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   fdisk <-> pqmagic
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9905211133590.29754-100000@flits.cs.vu.nl>

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Hello,

Does someone know if fdisk (FreeBSD, not DOS) writes other partitioning info
than PQMagic on the harddisk ?
Because when I wrote the partitioning table with PQMagic, fdisk couldn't
determine what the types where of my partitions (FAT32 and NTFS). So, I wrote
the partitioning info with fdisk (ok, stupid) and now PQMagic doesn't
understand
my partitioning info.
Is there any chance that I can get my data back ? (Of course I didn't backup.)
I mean to get the partitioning info right again ?

This problem came because I had another problem. And this has to be fixed
anyway. I have a Maxtor 4320 8,4GB drive. The problem is that when I boot my
computer says it has 1027 cylinders. That's more than MS-DOS can handle (I want
to install NT 4.0 Workstation, but the MS-DOS Setup won't install it on a
harddisk >1024 cyls). The weirdest thing happened when I also installed the
harddisk of my roommate: It's the same harddisk, the Maxtor 4320 8,4GB, BUT
when
I ask the settings at booting time, the harddisk of my roommate tells my it has
1024 cyl ! How's this possible ? And can I also get my harddisk to tell
everyone
it has only 1024 cyl instead of 1027 ?

I hope you can help me, because I've looked everywhere, but no one seems to
know.
Please email me here: michiel@cs.vu.nl

Many, many thanks,

Michiel Meijers --- michiel@cs.vu.nl --- http://www.cs.vu.nl/~michiel/|
student AI '94  -- VU Amsterdam --------------------------------------|



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