Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:21:26 -0600 From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: freebsd not seeing my partitions correctly Message-ID: <000101c0ab35$6f8cf8e0$0204a8c0@blah1>
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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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D1> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have a 15gig with two partitions on it, one is = 10gigs the=20 other 5gigs. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have windows98se on the 10gigs and want to install = Freebsd=20 on the</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>5gigs. The probolem is that Freebsd only see's 2gigs = out of=20 15, it does'nt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>even see the other partitions. Ms-dos saw partitions = even when=20 it wasnt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>fat. I've tried things but none have really worked. = I have=20 never had this prob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>with Fbsd. If anyone could be of service i would = greatly=20 apperciate it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>this is what = it=20 shows....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Disk Geometry: 256 cyls/ 255heads/63 sectors =3D = 4112640=20 sectors(2008MB)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Offset =20 size(MB) End Name =20 PType Desc Subtype = Flags</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT=20 size=3D2>0 &nb= sp;=20 0 = =20 62 =20 - =20 6 =20 unused 0</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>63 =20 2014 4124735 = ad0s1 =20 2 =20 fat =20 12</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have no cluse where BSD is geting = that info.=20 because that's not right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <P> </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C0AAF7.57597B60-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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