Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Re: VFAT Madness | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:31:40 -0700 (PDT) | From | "SethMeister G." <> |
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Hi,
Yet more info. I ran a little test program to diff the two bsect's and it appears the only thing different it the # of heads and the # of sectors in the FAT. Changing both allows the partition to be mounted, albeit in a corrupted state (the root directory contains stuff in a subdirectory of the original partition). Below is an `fdisk -l' of my drive setup. (some stuff deleted due to my paranoia). Notice /dev/hda5 and /dev/hdb5 are the exact same size.
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda5 171 171 348 358816+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hda6 349 349 524 354784+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
Disk /dev/hdb: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 935 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb5 239 239 327 358816+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hdb6 328 328 416 358816+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
The program output for /dev/hda5: --------------------------------- system_id[8] = `MSWIN4.1' sector_size = 512 cluster_size = 16 reserved = 1 fats = 2 dir_entries = 512 sectors = 0 media = 248 fat_length = 168 <------------------ DIFF BELOW secs_track = 63 heads = 64 <------------------ DIFF BELOW hidden = 63 total_sect = 717633
For /dev/hdb5: -------------- system_id[8] = `MSWIN4.1' sector_size = 512 cluster_size = 16 reserved = 1 fats = 2 dir_entries = 512 sectors = 0 media = 248 fat_length = 176 <---------------------- !! secs_track = 63 heads = 128 <---------------------- !! hidden = 63 total_sect = 717633
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-Shagorific, BABY!
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