From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Sep 15 6:10: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5B437B400 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE8C43E6E for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g8FDA4JU050250 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g8FDA4Vf050249; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200209151310.g8FDA4Vf050249@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Valentin Nechayev Subject: Re: i386/42750: Fdisk makes no difference between FAT32, XFS or Ext3 Reply-To: Valentin Nechayev Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/42750; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Valentin Nechayev To: Danail Yordanov 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