Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:00:32 -0700 From: Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about FreeBSD and Linux on the same disk Message-ID: <4C76F210.5020207@feral.com> In-Reply-To: <4C76D981.7080602@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C76D981.7080602@FreeBSD.org>
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On 8/26/2010 2:15 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm looking to expand my horizons so I'm experimenting with Ubuntu. I > was given the advice to use ext2 file systems so that I could mount > the Linux disks from FreeBSD but it seems that we have support up > through ext4? Or perhaps the port of efs2progs is necessary for that? > I don't mind using ext2 if that's the best choice, but if I can use > the newer (better?) option that's fine too. What I am looking for is > the "safe" choice, a way to mount the partitions that a) won't crash > FreeBSD, and b) won't cause data loss. This would be for both FreeBSD > 7-stable and 9-current. I share systems on disks quite a lot. But my typical usage is have Linux be the primary system and use grub to chainboot the FreeBSD partitions. If I absolutely must have a shared filesystem between the two, MS-DOS is the safest choice.
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