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Subject: Re: Problem with partitioning
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   >Hi,
   >When I was using part to partition my hard disk, and when I did a
   >read on my hard disk I got this data:
   >--first-- --geom/last--  --sectors--
   >Device   cyl  head  sec cyl  head  sec base  size     KB
   >/dev/hd0   875  255   63
   >0    0     0  522   42   30    0   8388607   4194303
   >I am really puzzled by the second row of numbers namely:
   >522 42 30 0 8388607 4194303
   >Question:
   >1. Why is there a difference between the 2 sets of C/H/S numbers i.
   >e. 875 255 63
   >and  522 42  30
   >Which is the one that correctly describes my hard disk??
The first set of numbers are the maximum CHS numbers for the drive.  The
three zeros are where the Windows partition begins and the next three
numbers are where it ends. The last two numbers are the size of the
partition in sectors and KB. If you want to use the rest of the drive for
Minix, create a partition from 523 0 0 to 875 255 63.

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