Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:25:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: V-Vega <vvega@silly.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard disks.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970416232351.10694I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704170355.XAA24603@silly.com>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, V-Vega wrote: > hi....I run a dual hard disk system with a PCI controller. When my system > boots up and i run the sysinstall utility, the system doesnt recoginze any > of my dos partitions. on my first drive and the slave drive. when i boot > with the GENERIC kernel configuration the same even occurs. However, when > i boot with the boot floppy it recognizes both hard drives...what may be > the problem ??? I guess I don't understand what you're trying to do. Why do you need to see the DOS partitions? To mount them, do mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1c /mnt to mount the dos partition on your first ide disk. If you get a warning, do umount /mnt and don't do it again, you risk damaging your filesystems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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