Subject: Re: mount_msdos...
To: None <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Ken Nakata <nakata@sequent.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/13/1999 10:03:17
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:41:56 -0500, seebs@plethora.net wrote:
> In message <Pine.SOL.3.96.991012172955.17345B-100000@bitter.mit.edu>, mcmahill@
> mtl.mit.edu writes:
> >mount -t msdos /dev/whatever /dos
>
> Yup. That's what I'm trying.
>
> So, as an example, here's my fdisk output and disklabel output. Should I be
> using a different offset for the disklabel partition than for the fdisk
> partition? I got the same result trying to use the fdisk table 1 entry.
>
>
> >># size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> >> a: 98280 1436400 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1520 - 1623)
> >> b: 393120 1534680 swap # (Cyl. 1624 - 2039)
> >> c: 8149680 1436400 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 1520 - 10143)
> >> d: 1436338 63 MSDOS # (Cyl. 0*- 1520*)
> >> e: 1842750 1927800 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 2040 - 3989)
> >> f: 307125 3770550 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 3990 - 4314)
> >> g: 3686445 4077675 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 4315 - 8215)
> >> h: 1821960 7764120 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 8216 - 10143)
>
So you are doing "mount -t msdos /dev/wd0d /mnt"? Well, I thought the
'd' partitions on i386 are the raw disk partitions... I can't confirm
or disconfirm but I have a feeling that you get the raw disk with the
'd' partition no matter what disklabel you place...
Ken