Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:14:10 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two Preinstall Questions Message-ID: <20031112021410.GB3883@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <3FB0EC30.30002@gmx.de> References: <200311102008.49106.ralphdewitt@charter.net> <3FB0EC30.30002@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:03:28PM +0100, Siegbert Baude wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > >I have two questions before I plunge in and make my first FreeBSD install. > >Normally I keep a back up copy of all my data in a ReiserFS formated > >partion > >on my hard drive. When I do a Linux Distribution install I will reformat > >the > >non back up partions and then restore my data by copying from the backup > >partion. Will I be able to do this with my FreeBSD install? Will FreeBSD be > >able to mount and read write data from this Linux Reiserfs formated > >partion? > > FreeBSD can read an write (albeit the latter is marked experimental) > from an ext2fs. Reiserfs is not supported at the moment. > So you would have to change the type of your backup partition. > > > >My second question is hardware related. Is the Logitech 4000 Pro USB Web > >camera supported in FreeBSD? > > Sorry, I can't help you with this one. The hardware notes contains the documenation about what are officaly supported. You can find a link to them on the main page. http://www.freebsd.org/ -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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