Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:14:58 +1000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Brad Waite <brad@ssbaptist.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting linux partitions Message-ID: <396EAFE2.92B1C75C@S1.com> References: <396EAB39.7AC8823A@ssbaptist.net>
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Hi Brad, > > We're trying to upgrade one of our linux servers to FBSD, and have > encountered a snag. I cannot for the life of me get FBSD to mount the > ext2fs logical partitions. Is there a way around this, or can I change > the partition types of the linux drives from w/in linux to permit this? > as well as /sbin/mount_ext2fs, you need in your kernel configuration file "options EXT2FS", although, my LINT file (V4.0-R) says... # Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit # careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind # changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could # be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) hmmm... 'all care, no responsibility' I guess ;') GBY, h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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