Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-14 Thread Mike Smith
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Evans writes: : The first ls should create about 8000 new tun devices by first accessing : them via stat(2), but there is some garbage collection, so the second ls : may show that some of the devices have magically unappeared. I just want to see the disk

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-14 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Smith writes: : Define 'available'? If there are two slices, and they overlap, which one : should be visible? Or both, with exclusion based on whichever is opened : first? All slices that the system considers to be valid. Ditto partitions on *BSD slices

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-13 Thread Bruce Evans
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Szilveszter Adam writes: : Thanks, it works. I was confused by 'devfs' this time which not show ad0s5 : slice under /dev until it is actualy mounted. : : Yes, devfs really takes some getting used to in the beginning, at

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Evans writes: : The first ls should create about 8000 new tun devices by first accessing : them via stat(2), but there is some garbage collection, so the second ls : may show that some of the devices have magically unappeared. I just want to see the disk

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-12 Thread Andrey A. Chernov
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 15:25:27 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: I just found that msdosfs can't mount legal Extended partition because required info is few blocks later in that case, not immediately as for Primary partition. Is it known problem,

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-12 Thread Szilveszter Adam
Hello Ache, On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:08:22PM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 15:25:27 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: I just found that msdosfs can't mount legal Extended partition because required info is few blocks

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-12 Thread Szilveszter Adam
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 01:01:02PM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:47:43 +0200, Szilveszter Adam wrote: In your situation I would try ad0s5 and onwards. If you do not have the device node under /dev, so create it:-) (No worries I have also forgotten how to do

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-12 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Szilveszter Adam writes: : Thanks, it works. I was confused by 'devfs' this time which not show ad0s5 : slice under /dev until it is actualy mounted. : : Yes, devfs really takes some getting used to in the beginning, at least it : has for me:-) I'm not sure I like

Re: msdosfs can't mount Extended partition. Any ideas?

2001-06-11 Thread Bruce Evans
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: I just found that msdosfs can't mount legal Extended partition because required info is few blocks later in that case, not immediately as for Primary partition. Is it known problem, or I am first who notice that? Does anybody have some fix for