Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I am installing FreeBSD on a laptop with Windows XP Pro. I created empty > space with PartitionMagic and installed FreeBSD there making the FreeBSD > partition with the FreeBSD partition utility in the install. > > I took the drive geometry from PartitionMagic as the BIOS does not tell > i

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-26 Thread Iavor Raytchev
Though I still wonder why after FreeBSD has touched the partitions table, PartitionMagic finds "errors" outside the *nix territory. It is somehow irritating to ignore "errors" all the time. I can see that FreeBSD is made on first place to live alone, but it would be nicer if it could live toge

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-26 Thread Garrett Cooper
Iavor Raytchev wrote: Basically just ignore the errors with non-Windows partitions in *nix operated territory. If you have any issues with those, your OS will complain about that for you :). -Garrett That's a good rule. Though I still wonder why after FreeBSD has touched the partitions ta

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-26 Thread Iavor Raytchev
Basically just ignore the errors with non-Windows partitions in *nix operated territory. If you have any issues with those, your OS will complain about that for you :). -Garrett That's a good rule. Though I still wonder why after FreeBSD has touched the partitions table, PartitionMagic finds "

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-26 Thread Iavor Raytchev
Garrett Cooper wrote: I'll take the opposite approach and let them fixed (I am still just playing) so that we can make also "the other" experience. Iavor Something I've learned: Letting PM actually 'fix' an issue with a non-standard Windows based MBR is _not_ a good idea. That's toasted sev

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-26 Thread Iavor Raytchev
Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Iavor Raytchev wrote: When I run PartitionMagic it reported 3 errors - different LBA and CHS values - the errors are on the first sector of the FreeBSD partitions and on the first sectors of the next two partitions (seeing from the LBA). PartitionMagic says in all 3 cases

Re: PartitionMagic question

2005-06-25 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Iavor Raytchev wrote: When I run PartitionMagic it reported 3 errors - different LBA and CHS values - the errors are on the first sector of the FreeBSD partitions and on the first sectors of the next two partitions (seeing from the LBA). PartitionMagic says in all 3 cases that the LBA and CHS

PartitionMagic question

2005-06-25 Thread Iavor Raytchev
I am installing FreeBSD on a laptop with Windows XP Pro. I created empty space with PartitionMagic and installed FreeBSD there making the FreeBSD partition with the FreeBSD partition utility in the install. I took the drive geometry from PartitionMagic as the BIOS does not tell it (ThinkPad X3