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From: kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: fdisk problem
Date: 29 Jan 1993 14:43:11 GMT
Organization: I.Physikalisches Institut RWTH-Aachen
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I'm having a problem with the 386bsd fdisk program posted last summer. I compiled it on my machine and put it on a 3.5" dist.fs boot floppy (in order to
modify my disk's partitions before installing).

When I say

fdisk -u /dev/rwd0d

and do the changes to the disk partitions I get
Can't write fdisk partition table.

The disk has received a primary DOS partition and an extended DOS partition before written by DOS FDISK.

I wanted to change the EXTENDXED DOS Partition to type 386BSD or Unknown
and then install 386BSD on it.

What am I doing wrong?

--
--Chris
Christoph P. U. Kukulies
kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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