Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:42:21 +0300 (MSK) From: "Vitaly A. Repin" <vitaly@radio.hop.stu.neva.ru> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:Re: troubles with DOS partition (was: 2 questions from the beginner) Message-ID: <ADTZ0su4yE@radio.hop.stu.neva.ru>
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>> 1) There are two partitions (in MS notation) on my HDD. The first is
>> for Win95 (its type is FAT16) and the second is for FreeBSD.
>> I want to read and write files from the first partition using FreeBSD.
>> Ok, I've read man pages and add the following line in /etc/fstab:
>>
>> /dev/wd0s1 /dos_hdd msdos rw 0 2
>>
>> When system starts it dispays the warning from mountmsdosfs(): "root
>> directory isn't a multiple of the clustersize in length".
>> Manual displays that writing on MS-DOS filesystem can produce the corruption
>> of the data and that it is "shortcoming in the code which needs to be
>> addressed".
>>
>> The question is: what should I do to imrove this situation?
> First thing you should do is take out that fstab entry and umount that
> parition.
Ok. I've done it. Thank you very much for warning about the chance
of data loss on my FreeBSD partition.
> I am guessing that you used fips to shrink your dos partition.
I used Partition Magic to do this. But, it seems to me, there are not many
differences between these two programs.
> In any case, the
> solution is to back up all your data, use dos fdisk to wipe out both
> partitions and repartition your drive, then reinstall everything. Yes, I
> know this is bad news, but if you want to access your dos partition
> regularly from freebsd this is the safest way.
Oh. It's a VERY bad news for me. Are you sure, it's "the first and the last"
solution of my problem?
> Good luck,
> Doug
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Thank you for your suggestions.
Good-bye.
WBR, Vitaly.
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