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Date:      08 Aug 2003 20:49:52 +0200
From:      Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Troubles while mounting ext2 from 5.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <m3vft8rnlb.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk>
In-Reply-To: <33131.62.4.19.30.1060366904.squirrel@zerodeux.net>
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"Vincent Caron" <v.caron@zerodeux.net> writes:

> Bruce Evans said:
> >> >
> >> > # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad0s2 /mnt/linux
> >> > ext2fs: /dev/ad0s2: No such file or directory
> >>
> >> Did you compile EXT2FS support into your kernel?
> 
> Awful shame on a FreeBSD newbie, I didn't. I naively thought it was in the GENERIC
> kernel, but I just saw he note about the 'risky' use of the ext2 module. Apologies.
> Building now bleeding edge kernel ...

Actually I think the main reason for not shipping it in binary form is that the
code is licensed under the GPL.

-- 
Med venlig hilsen
    Christian Laursen



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