From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 29 13:43:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA11801 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:43:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA11791 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.18]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <52783(2)>; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:41:20 PDT Received: from gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com [13.231.133.90]) by www.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA13345; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 16:40:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA12683; Tue, 29 Jul 97 16:40:15 EDT Message-Id: <9707292040.AA12683@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0delta 6/3/97 To: kleon@bellsouth.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quantum Bigfoot problems In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:54:29 PDT." <33DE2045.3932@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:40:12 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Howdy, > > Have installed 2.1.5 on a number of standalone machines (sharing OSs). > But when I tried to take a chunk of a Quantum Bigfoot (2550A - I think) > 2.? gig every thing went well at the DOS prompt (machine runs (or is > that has the runs) Windoze 95). But when I get to fdisk under BSD there > are 4 partitions already set up and ofcourse nothing is right (offset, > starting, ending points etc) and the empty chunk of drive is no where to > be seen. > > Something sounds very wrong...what are these 4 partitions? -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gel-mann in the NY Times