Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:45:16 -0500 (EST) From: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com> To: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mounting msdos, invalid fdisk partitions? Message-ID: <199503292045.PAA02781@goof.com> In-Reply-To: <9503291900.AA10378@olympus> from "Boyd Faulkner" at Mar 29, 95 01:00:42 pm
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Boyd Faulkner wrote:
> > I didn't notice any functional difference until I tried to mount the msdos
> > partition on my second hard drive this evening. I still get the problems
> > at boot when the drives are first accessed and partitions are "rejected" for
> > not residing entirely within the freebsd slice. For some reason this is now
> > preventing me from mounting /dev/sd1e (which used to work). Anyhow, if anyone
> > knows what's up, please let me know. Thanks!
> Assuming you are running current...
I am.
> msdos partitions are now, no longer put into the disklabel but are detected
> separately. Figure out which partition the DOS partition is in and
> access that as /dev/sd1sX where X is 1,2,3,4. Extended partitions are 5,6,...
>
> Remember that the output of FreeBSD fdisk is 0,1,2,3 so you must add 1.
Hmm. See my other message replying to Poul. I tried building those
devices with MAKEDEV but for some reason it didn't like it.
-matt
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