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Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:55:18 -0300
From:      unix0 <unix0@softhome.net>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Accessing logical/extended partitions
Message-ID:  <20011219185518.A231@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112182117480.30383-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
References:  <20011219000856.A255@softhome.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112182117480.30383-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>

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Annelise Anderson said:
> > My hard drive looks more or less like this:
> > 
> > Partition 1:	dos/win98
> > 	  2:	Linux /
> > 	  3:	FreeBSD slice
> > 	  4:	Extended
> > 	    5:	Linux swap
> > 	    6:	Linux /home
> > 
> > Maybe I need to get used to device naming under FreeBSD =). I'm trying to
> > mount the Linux /home partition, in order to read my personal files under
> > FreeBSD. I tried this command:
> > 
> > 	mount -t ext2fs /dev/ãd0s4b /mnt
> > 
> > and I got this error:
> > 
> > 	ext2fs: vfsloãd(ext2fs): No such file or directorý
> > 
> > I checked and the device file exists, so this error got me confused.
> > 
> Logical partitions within an extended partition are numbered in
> FreeBSD from s5 on; your Linux /home might be s5 or s6. 

Ahhh...
Yes, it is s6. It worked perfectly. Thanks for your help.

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