Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:12:28 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help With Partition Naming & Setup. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970117100659.27966A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.853438527.List@journeyman>
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > > > Yah, I got that. What I was wondering is if I got the label information > > > correct. I listed out the drives with what I though they would be called > and > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me if I am right or wrong. > > > > Oh. Well, I don't know anything about NT, so sorry I couldn't help you > > there. > > The NT side I'm not worried about, I know how to handle that. I'm wondering > on the FreeBSD side what it will think all of the drives and partitions etc > will be called. In the list you will see a 500m FAT parition, I want to be > able to mount that in FBSD, but if I don't know what it's called then I can't > mount it. > > -Sean > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sean J. Schluntz <schluntz@pinpt.com> > Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 > PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 > 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 > San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ > > Local Time Sent: 01/16/97 10:13:53 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Partitions names in FreeBSD are pretty simple. The device name has the following structure: First, the device type (for disks - wd or sd). Second, the device number (0,1, etc...). Third, assuming you have slices (DOS partitions) on the disk (which you will have), the letter 's' (for slice) and a number (starting from 1). This means that the second primary partition on the first IDE disk will be called wd0s2. For FreeBSD partitions, that is followed by a single later designating the BSD partition within the slice, but is not used for FAT partitions. Note that you *can't* use NTFS partitons in FreeBSD, and that the FAT filesystem is shaky. Hope this helps, Nadav
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