Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:17:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Berndorf Music <viamagna@powersurfr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partitioning went bad Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910251414520.391-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <000801bf1ec4$30f43fc0$0501a8c0@powersurfr.com>
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It sounds to me like you changed something in the bios (like LBA) or deleted some drive overlay software that made the entire 12.5 visible. It helps to put a carriage return at the end of every 74 letters or so. Annelise On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Berndorf Music wrote: > Hello! > I am a new BSD user and I entered the scene with a a major screwup. > My HD is 12.5GIG but after messing with freeBSD only 7.5GIG can be used now. > Fdisk does not see more than 7.5 GIG aswell as "disk druid" which is a redhat partition tool. I have even installed windows back and then run Partition Magic. Sad to say with no success. > Because no one knew a cure, I deided to re-install FreeBSD and then have a closeer look at the partition process. > Now even BSD can only see 7.5 gig. > I have read and asked, but no one seems to have ever seen this problem. > Is there anyone who can help me to get my 12.5GIG back? > I am happy to try anything at this point plus, there is no valuable information on the drive. > Any ideas would be of great help. > Thank you, > V M > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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