From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 22 10:13:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787641065672 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:13:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@pollux.local.net) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (smtp4-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16D4B8FC23 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4974C8157 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:13:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from pollux.local.net (che78-3-82-246-30-233.fbx.proxad.net [82.246.30.233]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A4B4C809B for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:13:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by pollux.local.net (Postfix, from userid 2000) id 1ED801CD80; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:13:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:13:22 +0100 From: Harald To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100222101322.GA1641@pollux.local.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20100218152601.GA3076@pollux.local.net> <4b7e53e9.ncAxiSQAvpijczMn%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4b7e53e9.ncAxiSQAvpijczMn%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: Incorrect super block X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:13:30 -0000 On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 01:03:37AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: > > On 02/18/10 16:26, Harald Weis wrote: > > > Has anybody encountered the following problem ? > > > > > > Mac OS X does recognize FreeBSD partitions on USB disks, but > > > doesn't want to mount them because ``Incorrect super block''. > > > This is extremely annoying for my ``client'' because he relies > > > on dayly backups on USB keys. Is there a solution ? > > > > Are you using UFS1 or UFS2? If one, try the other :) > > This is not the first time I've heard of one OS having problems with > another OS' instantiation of UFS. For the particular application at > hand, I'd use tar(1) to collect the files into a single stream and > write the tarfile onto a USB key formatted as FAT32. OS X should > have no trouble reading a FreeBSD tarfile. Many thanks for all replies, on- and off-list. I'll do the various trials (ufs1, fat32, etc.) as soon as possible. Triggered by the off-list post, I've understood from sysutils/fusefs-ntfs/pkg-descr that ntfs doesn't preserve file ownerships and access rights. I'm afraid this is also true for fat32. If that is confirmed ntfs and fat32 are useless in combination with rsync(1), which leaves indeed only tar(1) and fat32|ntfs :-( With the permission of the author I have bounced the off-list reply. The list seems to have filtered it. So here it is: === Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:31:54 -0500 From: Lucas Holt Subject: Re: Incorrect super block To: Harald Weis Harald Weis wrote: >Has anybody encountered the following problem ? > >Mac OS X does recognize FreeBSD partitions on USB disks, but doesn't >want to mount them because ``Incorrect super block''. >This is extremely annoying for my ``client'' because he relies on dayly >backups on USB keys. Is there a solution ? > >Thank you in advance. > You could use another file system such as Fat32 or NTFS (fuse ntfs from ports). OS X can read both of those. Apple has been moving away from UFS support in OS X for awhile; snow leopard is quite stale on this front. Luke === Thanks again. I'll report a.s.a.p. the outcome of the ufs1 experiment. Harald