From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 14 10:51:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B673C37C692 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:50:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA11710 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:54:12 GMT (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:54:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Fernando Gleiser To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting linux partitions In-Reply-To: <396F4D31.9ABCB94E@ssbaptist.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Brad Waite wrote: > Harry, > > Thanks for the reply. > > I should've been more clear. I've rebuilt the kernel w/ext2fs and have > successfully mounted the primary parition. It's the logical's I can get > FBSD to recognize. I read something in the archives from 2 years ago > about the ext2fs driver not working, but was hoping there was a solution > in 4.0-Release (which I also forgot to mention :). Do you have the entries in /dev ? I can mount the logical partitios without problem. let's say in Linux your /usr file system is /dev/hda7 Boot FreeBSD, log in as root, cd /dev and run: # ./MAKEDEV wd0s7 and then: # mount_ext2fs /dev/wd0s7 /mnt > > -Brad > > Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > Brad Waite > Media Director - South Sheridan Baptist Church > (303) 922-8304 x225 brad@ssbaptist.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message