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From: thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de (Axel Thimm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: extended dos partitions
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:20:05 GMT
Organization: FU Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik
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"P. van Leeuwen" <groenie@nowhere.here???> wrote:

>I have just finished upgrading my 2.1.7 system to 2.2.1
>and now I can't seem to mount my extended dos partition anymore.
>I mounted the primary one ( /dev/wd0s1) but when I try to mount 
>wd0s2 ( which I know is the extended one), I get :

I cannot tell about any changes in 2.2.1, but in 2.1.x you had to use
wd0s5 upwards to access logical drives in your dos extended partition.

Hope this helps,
	Axel Thimm.
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Axel Thimm   thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de thimm@ifh.de