Subject: Re: Labelling a disk
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Arto Huusko <arto.huusko@maailma.yok.utu.fi>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/22/2001 12:58:28
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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