Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:57:17 +0100 From: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dangerous file system / disk problem Message-ID: <200406081057.18395.ben@spooty.net> In-Reply-To: <200406081908.54609.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200406061204.i56C4OAQ001151@mist.nodomain> <200406072050.22859.ben@spooty.net> <200406081908.54609.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Tuesday 08 June 2004 10:38, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Tuesday 08 June 2004 05:20, Ben Paley wrote: > > But seriously, does any of this suggest a course of action to you? I'm > > planning to try the "set sysid to 0" plan... what if that doesn't work? > > Sounds like an excellent idea. Perhaps windows is seeing the slice as a fs > it knows about but finds it unformatted, so is offering to do that for you. > > So maybe setting sysid to zero (which I think registers as an undefined > slice) will stop windows making the offer. > > Whatever else I can't see how this would make the situation worse. This is very comforting - I shall give it a go and let you know how it comes out. Cheers, Ben
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