From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 30 11:08:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA29463 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 11:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA29453 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 11:08:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id NAA29235; Fri, 30 May 1997 13:08:01 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199705301808.NAA29235@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Help needed: fdisk troubles To: dima@irs.riga.lv (Dmitry Solodov) Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:08:01 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <338f0d30.irs@irs.riga.lv> from Dmitry Solodov at "May 30, 97 07:23:59 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Dmitry Solodov said: > Hello, > > Partition Information > Name Status Access FS Type MBytes > None : Primary FreeSpace 7 > Merlin Bootable F: Logical HPFS 1019 > None G: Logical HPFS 517 > None H: Logical Unformatted 502 > > > When FreeBSD fdisk is run through Novice installation, it shows for the > same disk ( /dev/sd2) > Disk geometry: 261 cyls/255 heads/ 63 sectors = 4192965 sectors > 0 16065 16064 - 6 unused 0 > 16065 4176900 4192964 sd2s1 4 extended 5 > 4192965 1339 4194303 - 6 unused 0 > > So for me it seems like FreeBSD fdisk sees all the extended partitions as one > big partition. An extended partition IS just one big partition. Logical partitions are inside the extended partition. > The approach when free space is left on the disk, and then the partition is > created with FreeBSD fdisk does not work for me, as in this case primary > partition is created. But FreeBSD boots fine in the case. Sorry, that's how it goes. FreeBSD must have it's one real partition. -- " 'Eisteddfod' is an old Welsh word from the old Welsh. It comes from two words: 'eistedd' meaning 'bored' and 'fod' meaning 'stiff'." --Jon Pertwee in The Goodies (Wacky Wales)