Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:49:26 +0200 From: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, "James Howard" <howardjp@well.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Making an ext2fs filesystem Message-ID: <002e01c23d36$ef480cc0$406a3c86@whwurm.uniulm.de> References: <37895A3A-A8EA-11D6-8942-003065BAAC62@well.com> <20020806073042.GC27962@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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> > Well, right now, everything is working except for one little part. > > How can I make an EXT2 filesystem? The tool in the Ports tree is > > broken beyond recognition (the build process is broken). And > > copying over the binary for mke2fs from a Linux box doesn't work > > either. > > The best, if not only, way to create an ext2 filesystem is to do it > under Linux. So you looking at building a dual boot system or > temporarily moving your disk onto a Linux box. I normally use Linux on a floppy for such purposes. Have a look at: http://www.toms.net/rb/ Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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