[coLinux-users] Re: Mounting raw partitions - Available debugging steps? [SOLVEDish]

[Charles D. <cd...@sp...>]

Interestingly enough, the appropriate device paths to use were not the 
ones suggested by either diskpart or the Windows dd port.

The relevant portion of dd's output reads as follows:

\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0
    Fixed hard disk media. Block size = 512
\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2
    Fixed hard disk media. Block size = 512
\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition3
    Fixed hard disk media. Block size = 512
\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition4

...whereas a diskpart "LIST PARTITION" command (on the only hard drive 
installed on the system) shows the following:

   Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
   -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
   Partition 1    Extended            29 GB  8033 KB
   Partition 2    Logical             29 GB  8064 KB
   Partition 3    Primary             29 GB    29 GB
   Partition 4    Primary             15 GB    59 GB <-- desired root
   Partition 5    Primary           3530 MB    73 GB <-- desired swap

...yet, the "Partition 4" referenced here is only accessible from 
coLinux as \Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 and the "Partition 5" in 
diskpart needs to be referred to as \Device\Harddisk0\Partition3.

The good news is that it works -- I have a 15GB root partition and a 
3.5GB swap partition, just as I wanted, and I'm quite certainly not 
stomping on my other partitions (which are still mounted and accessible, 
including after a reboot). The bad news is that I have frankly no clue 
*why* it works. Enlightenment?