Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 16:43:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net> To: dburr@POBoxes.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ext2fs and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199708032143.QAA26092@imdave.pr.mcs.net>
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> From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> > Subject: ext2fs and FreeBSD > > I need a way of exchanging large amounts of data between Linux and > FreeBSD, that does NOT involve a network. I have Jaz drives on both > machines, so that seemed like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, Why not just use tar on the raw device? (i.e. tar -cf /dev/rsd...) Then you don't even have to bother with mounting/unmounting a file system. > Linux's UFS support is lame (besides, it's read-only), and since I need > long filenames (and FreeBSD does not support Win95, aka VFAT), that option > is out as well. Dave Bodenstab imdave@mcs.net
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