From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 12:08:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA55E16A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8420B43FEC for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:08:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PJ8IJV022388; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.9p1/8.12.9/Submit) id h8PJ8E7h022387; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: ei.bzerk.org: bulk set sender to mail25@bzerk.org using -f Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:08:14 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: David Benfell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030925190814.GA22155@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , David Benfell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030924173016.GA25574@parts-unknown.org> <20030924193327.GC917@dhumketu.homeunix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030924193327.GC917@dhumketu.homeunix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: converting ext3 to ffs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ruben de Groot List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:08:10 -0000 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"