Joachim Schipper wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:31:59PM +0000, Didier Wiroth wrote: > > Hello, > > My ntfs amd comaq diag. partition is not in the disklabel. > > Unfortunately I don't know how to add correctly in the disklabel. > > I've read the faq 14.16.1 but it only shows a modification. > > > > Here is my fdisk output, which shows id 0 the ntfs partition: > > > > Disk: wd0 geometry: 12921/240/63 [195365520 Sectors] > > Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 > > Starting Ending LBA Info: > > #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *0: 07 0 1 1 - 6800 239 63 [ 63: 102831057 ] > HPFS/QNX/AUX > > 1: 12 12270 0 1 - 12920 239 63 [ 185522400: 9843120 ] > Compaq Diag. > > 2: A6 6801 0 1 - 12269 239 63 [ 102831120: 82691280 ] OpenBSD > > 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > > > Here is current my disklabel: > > 16 partitions: > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > a: 2097648 102831120 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 102015 -104095 > > b: 1024128 104928768 swap # > Cyl 104096 -105111 > > c: 195371568 0 unused 0 0 # > Cyl 0 -193820 > > d: 4194288 105952896 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 105112 -109272 > > e: 1024128 110147184 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 109273 -110288 > > f: 4194288 111171312 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 110289 -114449 > > g: 10486224 115365600 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 114450 -124852 > > h: 4194288 125851824 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 124853 -129013 > > i: 2097648 130046112 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 129014 -131094 > > j: 3072384 132143760 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 131095 -134142 > > k: 50306256 135216144 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # > Cyl 134143 -184049 > > > > > > What do I have to add to disklabel to be able to access the > ntfs and the compaq diag partition? > > > > For ntfs something like: > > l: 102831057 63 unknown # Cyl ??????????? > > > > I would really appreciate some help. > > > > Thank you very much ! > > Some noteworthy points: > 1. Looks like you ran out of space in the disklabel (or in the > device namespace, or whatever): don't define this many disklabel slices > if you want to see the other partitions (which are typically numbered > from i). [I'm not 100% sure I'm correct here; please flame me, with the > correct answer if possible, if this is not the case.] 16 partitions. That's a through p inclusive. (also referred to as 15 partitions (excluding c))
> 2. NTFS is not supported in GENERIC. This usually means the > implementation isn't really ready for prime time yet; you could build a > custom kernel, if you know what you are doing and have read most, if not > all, of FAQ 5.*. There are screweys, particularly on writitng. I think Windows gets burned occasionally. > 3. I don't know what you want to do with the Compaq diag > partition, but it might not be too useful. I think it's an msdos partition Called something different to keep Windows out of it. Flames invited if I guessed wrong. > > Joachim
