Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:14 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: David Benfell <benfell@greybeard95a.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting ext3 to ffs Message-ID: <20030925190814.GA22155@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030924193327.GC917@dhumketu.homeunix.net> References: <20030924173016.GA25574@parts-unknown.org> <20030924193327.GC917@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 01:03:27AM +0530, Shantanoo Mahajan typed: > +-- David Benfell [freebsd] [24-09-03 23:00 IST]: > | On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:58:53 -0700, Mike Hogsett wrote: > | > > | > dump(8) and restore(8)* may do the trick. I would recommend dumping from > | > an os where ext3 is native (e.g. linux) and then restore on a os where ffs > | > is native (e.g. FreeBSD). This won't work. dump and restore are filesystem specific. Use a more generic tool like tar. > | > > | This should be considered mandatory. Linux support for ffs is broken > | -- and apparently no one cares enough to fix it. > | > | And if there's any support for ext2/3 on the BSDs, it's news to me. > | > man mount_ext2fs > > also check out > /usr/ports/sysutils/fsck_ext2fs > > mount_ext2fs can mount ext3 FS. But if ext3 FS is > not unmounted properly, you have to use fsck_ext2fs > and then mount it. > > -- > With Best Regards, > Shantanoo Mahajan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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