On 22-Tam-01, Brett wrote:


>> Yes, well, would that be a bad thing? If I enter the data to disklabel
>> as NetBSD reads it, will writing the disklabel harm Windows?
>> 
> ``possibly'' you must be prepared for this otherwise much pain,
> wailing and gnashing of teeth results due to loss of data.  More
> explicitly, before doing any playing with disklabels BACK YOUR DATA UP
> otherwise you may lose it.

Thanks for the heads up.

But one more question: is there any way about changing the fictitious
in-kernel disk label? This way I might get access to that extended partition
without actually having to modify the disk.
 
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