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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: PCFS ( was Re: FREE BSD) Date: 7 Jul 1994 14:28:07 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2vh3dn$c9v@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CsC8n3.1Kv@suncd.abc.se> <2vctk8$sn@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <2vfbe5$52f@steele.ohsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <2vfbe5$52f@steele.ohsu.edu>, Larry Caldwell <caldwell@facman.ohsu.edu> wrote: >I found a file called mount_pcfs, which I assume means mount pc file >system. When I run it, I get a "no disk label" error. 'man disklabel' >gives me all sorts of info about the format of the lable, and tells me it >gets written to cylinder 0, which scares me to death. I also need to >somehow supply hardware info about the drive. I can do that with my >second IDE drive, but as far as I know my 3 scsi drives are absolute >addressing block devices. At least no utility I have will give me the >number of heads, cylinders, etc. When you first installed FreeBSD, one of the questions was 'Do you want to have access to your DOS partition?'. At this point FreeBSD would have correctly setup a disklabel to 'Do The Right Thing'. Modifying the disklabel after the fact is not for the faint-of-heart. Either re-install (easier), or find someone who has the time and the know-how to walk you through building a new disklabel. (This kind of question is similar to re-partitioning your hard-disk under DOS. It's something that shouldn't be done unless you absolutely have to) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.