Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:31:28 +0100 From: Jan Sebosik <sebosik@demax.sk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [lists] Re: Extended msdos partition Message-ID: <4221AF90.3020300@demax.sk> In-Reply-To: <E1D5Dmh-0005xU-JD@bortel.dyndns.org> References: <E1D5Dmh-0005xU-JD@bortel.dyndns.org>
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Hi, So, after yesterday I`ve succesfully solved the problem with: mount -t msdos /dev/ad1sX /mnt/X (x >= 5) thank you 4 your help, Jan Sebosik Remo Lacho wrote: > On 2/27/2005 at 2:40 AM Jan Sebosik wrote: > > >>Hi >> >>When I disklabel -r /dev/ad1s2 (the first extended slice), i get : a: >>135186912 62 MSDOS c: etc # don`t delete this line.... >>mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s2a /mnt/c --> no such file or device (yeah, >>I`ve now looked into /dev/, and it really doesn`t exist in.... but don`t >>know why it is so) >>mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s2 /mnt/c --> invalid argument >> >>fdisk /dev/ad1s2 : >> part1: start 63 size 135186912 (66008MB) type XY >> part2: start 135186975 size 8209215 (4000MB) <- this is 2.nd >>extended partition I mentioned in prev. msg >> >>It`s still unclear to me, why disklabel doesnt create a /dev/ad1s2a.... >> >>tnx >>Jan Sebosik >> >> > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > If you get no joy from my previous reply forget about disklabel. > > Unlike with OpenBSD, with FreeBSD you do not have to write a disklabel to be > able to mount an MSDOS slice (primary or extended). > > If you were mounting an extended partition under Linux you would mount > /dev/hdx5 or /dev/hdx6 and so on. > > With FreeBSD extended partitions start at /dev/[s/a]dxs5. > > Good luck again! > > -- > Remo > >
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