ntfs mount

[J. W. Ballantine]

The full fdisk output is:
******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=4865 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)

Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=4865 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)

Media sector size is 512
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
Information from DOS bootblock is:
The data for partition 1 is:
sysid 45,(unknown)
    start 63, size 30716217 (14998 Meg), flag 0
	beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
	end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 2 is:
sysid 45,(unknown)
    start 30716280, size 20482875 (10001 Meg), flag 0
	beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63;
	end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 3 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
    start 51199155, size 12273660 (5992 Meg), flag 80 (active)
	beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63;
	end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
The data for partition 4 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
    start 63472815, size 14667345 (7161 Meg), flag 0
	beg: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63;
	end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63

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>  Date:  Thu, 06 May 2004 21:51:33 +0100
>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at homer.att.com>
>  From:  Mark Ovens <mark at ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
>  Subject:  Re: ntfs mount
>
>  J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>  > Seems our friends in redmond have done something strange with the
>  > fs type.  both w2k partitions on the disk show a type of 45
>  
>  Hmm, it's not a brand-name PC that came with Windows pre-installed is 
>  it? If so there may be a hidden "recovery/diagnostics" partition that is 
>  confusing fdisk.

It a Dell, but given the configuration, i do not believe it came
pre-installed from the factory.
>  
>  Do you have anything like OnTrack Disk Manager installed to get round 
>  disk size limitations in the BIOS? Unlikely with a machine that runs 
>  W2K, but I do know someone that installed in on a P-III machine when he 
>  built it, using an old 6.5Gbyte disk, "because it came with the disk"?
>  
No disk manager of any sort running.

>  Since you have 2 Windows partitions, you haven't installed any form of 
>  multi-OS boot manager have you? You wouldn't need it with W2K but you 
>  may have had if you had 2 different versions of Win9x on there once over?

Only the first partition is bootable, I had two to separate the
"standard" install from the non-standard (ie the programs I use).
The multi-os boot manager is Smart Boot Manager, but that doesn't change
any partiton ids.
>  
>  Can you post the whole output of `fdisk ad0', it may just give someone a 
>  clue?
>  
>  > and both freebsd show 165.
>  > 
>  
>  Which is correct.
>  
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Mark
>  
>  > Thanks
>  > Jim
>  > 
>  > ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>  > 
>  >>  Date:  Thu, 06 May 2004 20:40:45 +0100
>  >>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at homer.att.com>, freebsd-questions at freebsd.o
rg
>  >>  From:  Mark Ovens <mark at ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
>  >>  Subject:  Re: ntfs mount
>  >>
>  >>  J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>  >>  > when I do a properties under w2k it says file system is ntfs,
>  >>  > fdisk on bsd show partition 1 is sysid 45,(unknown)
>  >>  > 
>  >>  
>  >>  Hmm, should be sysid 7. I can't remember if the NTFS driver is built 
>  >>  into the kernel (by default) or it's a kld module under 4.x, I'm running
 
>  >>  -CURRENT, but I'm sure I never had to do anything special for NTFS 
>  >>  support in 4.x and the Handbook and FAQ only mention mount_ntfs.
>  >>  
>  >>  FWIW, here's what I get (single partition, C:, on the first drive). Note
 
>  >>  mine is 'da0', not 'ad0', as it's SCSI not IDE:
>  >>  
>  >>  /home/mark{38}# fdisk da0
>  >>  ******* Working on device /dev/da0 *******
>  >>  parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
>  >>  cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
>  >>  
>  >>  Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
>  >>  parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
>  >>  cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
>  >>  
>  >>  Media sector size is 512
>  >>  Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
>  >>  Information from DOS bootblock is:
>  >>  The data for partition 1 is:
>  >>  sysid 7 (0x07),(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX-2 (16 bit) or Advanced UNIX)
>  >>       start 63, size 143347932 (69994 Meg), flag 0
>  >>           beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
>  >>           end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
>  >>  The data for partition 2 is:
>  >>  <UNUSED>
>  >>  The data for partition 3 is:
>  >>  <UNUSED>
>  >>  The data for partition 4 is:
>  >>  <UNUSED>
>  >>  /home/mark{39}#
>  >>  
>  >>  
>  >>  > ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>  >>  > 
>  >>  >>  Date:  Thu, 06 May 2004 20:01:24 +0100
>  >>  >>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at homer.att.com>, freebsd-questions at freeb
sd.o
>  > rg
>  >>  >>  From:  Mark Ovens <mark at ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
>  >>  >>  Subject:  Re: ntfs mount
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>  J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>  >>  >>  > 
>  >>  >>  > yes, there is only one hard disk.
>  >>  >>  > 
>  >>  >>  
>  >>  >>  What does the output from `fdisk ad0' show?
>  >>  >>  
>  >>  >>  Regards,
>  >>  >>  
>  >>  >>  Mark
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