Hi, I had a similair problem as Remko described. I used R-Linux. U can download it from http://www.r-tt.com
Put the hard drive, on which u can't reach the certain partition, in a pc with Windows installed on it, run R-Linux and u should be able to see the drive and partition that u couldn't read. Good luck ! Avinash Piare ----------------------- M [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Citeren Remko Lodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry to interupt, > > but i think that person x, since he has a weird name ;-) , > means that the partitioning device of freebsd cannot access the extended > partition > at all. > > I had this with a friend of mine, and we could not access the devices > anymore since it was > packed inside another partition (we migrated from linux to freebsd) > We needed to use a bit of software that could re-enable our partition. > Perhaps Avinash can reply with the software name/ > > Also it is possible that your partition is held inside another one, > > how to resolve? No idea, i always started with a clean hdd, or a new one > when the current on needed to be saved. > > Hope it helped a little. > Cheers > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Remko Lodder > Elvandar.org/DSINet.org > www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the > hackerscene > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Daan Vreeken > [PA4DAN] > Verzonden: zondag 11 januari 2004 14:07 > Aan: 70uf33q Hu5541n > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: [Freebsd-hackers] Re: FreeBSD 5.1 Installation probelms > > > On Sunday 11 January 2004 11:29, 70uf33q Hu5541n wrote: > > hey guys, > > > > Just got my copy of FreeBSD 5.1. > > Spent about an hour going through the BSD Handbook and > > preparing a Installation checklist. > > > > ok here's my problem. > > > > I have a WD 40 GB HDD > > the primary partition is 10 GB, with the extended > > partition 28 GB.(the rest 2 GB is in WD's bank). > > > > OK , the extended partition has 3 logical drives. > > To create a slice for BSD, I resized one of the > > logical drives to free up some space. About 1.2 > > GB,cause that's all I can spare. > > > > When I run the installation through CDROM, and the > > point where I'm to creat the Freebsd slice,the new > > partition is not displayed in the "FDISK" utility. > > > > All I get is the primary (10GB) and the whole Extended > > (28 GB). > > The freespace I guess is "locked into" the Extended > > Partiton. Not sure though. > Indeed you first have to resize the extended partition before you can use > the > space to create slices. The "fdisk" program that comes with Windows has no > way to do this (except deleting all logicle drives in the extended partition > and re-creating them). Have a look at the program "Partition Magic". It can > resize partitions and it has a nice user interface. > > grtz, > Daan > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ > Freebsd-hackers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.elvandar.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > ------------------ Email provided by elvandar.org Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for an address _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
