From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 12 12:47:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from leviathan.inethouston.net (216-118-21-146.pdq.net [216.118.21.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B0E37B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:47:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@inethouston.net) Received: from blah (24-240-235-143.hsacorp.net [24.240.235.143]) by leviathan.inethouston.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FAC11131B for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:47:32 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <000101c0ab35$6f8cf8e0$0204a8c0@blah1> From: "Michael J. Turner" To: Subject: freebsd not seeing my partitions correctly Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:21:26 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0AAF7.57597B60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0AAF7.57597B60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hi, =20 I have a 15gig with two partitions on it, one is 10gigs the other 5gigs. = I have windows98se on the 10gigs and want to install Freebsd on the 5gigs. The probolem is that Freebsd only see's 2gigs out of 15, it = does'nt even see the other partitions. Ms-dos saw partitions even when it wasnt fat. I've tried things but none have really worked. I have never had = this prob with Fbsd. If anyone could be of service i would greatly apperciate it. this is what it shows.... =20 Disk Geometry: 256 cyls/ 255heads/63 sectors =3D 4112640 sectors(2008MB) =20 Offset size(MB) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags 0 0 62 - 6 unused = 0 63 2014 4124735 ad0s1 2 fat 12 =20 I have no cluse where BSD is geting that info. because that's not right. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0AAF7.57597B60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

hi,

I have a 15gig with two partitions on it, one is = 10gigs the=20 other 5gigs.

I have windows98se on the 10gigs and want to install = Freebsd=20 on the

5gigs. The probolem is that Freebsd only see's 2gigs = out of=20 15, it does'nt

even see the other partitions. Ms-dos saw partitions = even when=20 it wasnt

fat. I've tried things but none have really worked. = I have=20 never had this prob

with Fbsd. If anyone could be of service i would = greatly=20 apperciate it.

this is what = it=20 shows....

Disk Geometry: 256 cyls/ 255heads/63 sectors =3D = 4112640=20 sectors(2008MB)

Offset =20 size(MB) End Name =20 PType Desc Subtype = Flags

0 &nb= sp;=20 0 = =20 62 =20 - =20 6 =20 unused 0

63 =20 2014 4124735 = ad0s1 =20 2 =20 fat =20 12

I have no cluse where BSD is geting = that info.=20 because that's not right.

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