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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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