Subject: Re: NetBSD installation
To: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/09/2001 22:02:43
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:21:48PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> I partitioned my harddisk following the NetBSD-i386 installation
> program. The installation worked fine, and the NetBSD is now properly
> installed.
> 
> However when booting up from WinNT, PartitionInfo (part of
> Powerquest's PartitionMagic) reported error:
> 
> The EndCylinder is past the end of the drive (it is 5606 and should be
> 5605).
> 
> It seems to be a problem with the NetBSD partitioning tool.
> 
> - Did somebody also encounter this problem?

No. What's the output of fdisk ?

> - How can I get the MBR correct again?

fdisk -u wd0 will allow you to change the CHS of the partition, without
changing its LBA. But make sure PartitionInfo is rigth before :)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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