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From: Alexander Plotnikov <alex@gyro.pvrr.ru>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to mount extended DOS partition?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:50:07 +0000
Organization: PVRR CC
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To: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk
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Brian Somers wrote:
>
> In article <3351C7FC.41C67EA6@gyro.pvrr.ru>,
> Alexander Plotnikov <alex@gyro.pvrr.ru> writes:
> > Hi!
> > Can anyone tell to me, how can I mount an extended
> > DOS partition. Primary DOS partititon mounts correctly,
> > but extended not.
> > What am I doing? Here it is:
> > mount_msdos /dev/sd0s1 /mnt/c
> > (It's works correctly)
> > mount_msdos /dev/sd0s2 /mnt/d
> > (It does not work)
> > Can anyone tell me something?
> > Thanx.
>
> Extended partitions are numbered from 5. You should be mounting
> sd0s5.
In mine system it is really /dev/sd0s2, because it says partition
editor.
>
> --
> Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
> <http://www.awfulhak.org>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
--
---------------------------Alex---------------------
Alexander Plotnikov,
SysAdm at Privoljskaya Railroad, Russia
http://gyro.pvrr.ru
mailto:alex@gyro.pvrr.ru