Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/42750: Fdisk makes no difference between FAT32, XFS or Ext3 Message-ID: <200209151310.g8FDA4Vf050249@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/42750; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> To: Danail Yordanov <d_j@vip.bg> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/42750: Fdisk makes no difference between FAT32, XFS or Ext3 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:04:18 +0300 Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 12:01:22, d_j (Danail Yordanov) wrote about "i386/42750: Fdisk makes no difference between FAT32, XFS or Ext3": DY> When starting an installation on the machine containing FAT32(no OS there - only a partition for data) and XFS (with Linux) both are shown as one, called "Extended", type 15. I have reinstalled the Linux on the Ext3, but there was the same problem. Then I have decided to delete the Linux and installed FreeBSD. Then I have tried to mount the slice with FAT32 with the following command: You are wrong. You don't understand structure of BIOS/MSDOS partition tables. FreeBSD's fdisk shows only extended partition, as one of the primary partitions, but not logical partitions which are placed in this extended partition. Type 15 is "LBA extended", not ext3, XFS or another. You should study partition table structure if you want discover or develop something in this area. If you want see FreeBSD fdisk to understand logical partitions in extended partition, this wish is reasonable, but it has nothing common with your PR synopsis. /netch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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