Re: [lists] Re: Extended msdos partition

From: Jan Sebosik (sebosik_at_demax.sk)
Date: 02/27/05

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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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