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Date:      Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:51:18 +0100
From:      "Paul A. Mayer" <paul@fnug.net>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Unable to mount ext2fs partition
Message-ID:  <3E194386.8070004@fnug.net>
References:  <20030105222740.GA33220@papagena.rockefeller.edu>

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Hi Rahul,

The mount capability has to be included as a kernel option in a custom 
build kernel.  I forget exactly what it's called (I'm writing in another 
OS on the system, so I can't check it right now), but I think it's 
something like this:

option			EXT2FS

Have you included that in your kernel build?

/Paul

Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> Paul A. Mayer wrote:
> 
>>I had to install the e2fstools port before I could access my e2fs
>>partitions after installing -current.  Thereafter everything has been
>>fine.  No problems with the disk, etc.
> 
> 
> Hm, didn't know about this port.. but it still doesn't include a
> mount program, and I still can't mount the partition even after
> installing the port.
> 
> I don't want to fsck it and risk screwing it up: it's a "real"
> linux system (ie, a dual-boot machine) and the linux continues to boot
> perfectly nicely.
> 
> But here's what I get with an e2fsck -n :
> 
> # e2fsck -n /dev/ad0s2
> e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
> The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 714892 blocks
> The physical size of the device is 0 blocks
> Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt!
> Abort? no
> 
> /dev/ad0s2: clean, 136602/357632 files, 456658/714892 blocks
> 
> So what does that mean?  Any way to fix it?
> 
> 
>>The only thing that is a problem
>>is if your e2fs partion(s) are mounted and your system crashes
> 
> 
> Not a problem for me (it's likely to be mounted read-only anyway,
> and I can always boot into linux to fix it if it's dirty)
> 
> - Rahul



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