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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dos filesystem (and HD) trashed by FreeBSD?
Date: 25 Mar 1997 15:09:10 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5h613d$mq8@chronicle.concentric.net>,
Slater@cris.com (Rick Slater) writes:
> I just put FreeBSD version 2.1.0 on the second partition of a
> new Dell XPS 200s pentium machine. The machine came with a
> 4 gig drive that had been partitioned into two 2 gig partitions,
> and the last one was empty.
Unfortunately, DOS partitions greater than 1028Mb will make
FreeBSD fall on its face. It's something to do with the
cluster sizes going from 8k to 16k.
That warning message you saw should really be changed to be a
fatal error (the mount should fail).
The only thing you can do if you want to see DOS partitions
is split them up into <1028Mb.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !