From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 18:04:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24517106566C for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:04:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from samankaya@netscape.net) Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com (imo-d23.mx.aol.com [205.188.139.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E31548FC1B for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from samankaya@netscape.net) Received: from imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (imo-ma04.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.139]) by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (v107.10) with ESMTP id RELAYIN2-34a241815344; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:04:05 -0400 Received: from samankaya@netscape.net by imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v40_r1.5.) id n.bbb.4f2e2976 (37568); Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:04:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com (smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.249.144]) by cia-mb04.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMB045-5bad4a24180f276; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:04:00 -0400 Received: from WEBMAIL-MZ02 (webmail-mz02.sim.aol.com [64.12.222.33]) by smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYDA014-5bad4a24180f276; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:03:59 -0400 References: <8CBB0C7E503F8B8-BAC-6135@webmail-md07.sysops.aol.com> <4a2414be.02578c0a.7321.13fc@mx.google.com> To: sarawgi.aditya@gmail.com Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:03:59 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 64.12.78.139 In-Reply-To: <4a2414be.02578c0a.7321.13fc@mx.google.com> X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI Received: from 81.149.17.147 by WEBMAIL-MZ02.sysops.aol.com (64.12.222.33) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:03:59 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: samankaya@netscape.net X-MB-Message-Type: User X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 42952-STANDARD Message-Id: <8CBB0FA79040061-162C-197@WEBMAIL-MZ02.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to install FreeBSD - need advice on Writable filesystems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:15 -0000 Many thanks for the response! That solves the ext3 fs issue, how about UFS and Solaris as that is probably more important at this stage? Baring in mind Solaris uses UFS1 while BSD is on UFS2! Regards, Kaya -----Original Message----- From: Aditya Sarawgi To: samankaya@netscape.net CC: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:19 Subject: Re: Want to install FreeBSD - need advice on Writable filesystems? On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:01:56AM -0400, samankaya@netscape.net wrote: > Hello all, > > This is my first post and first time on a mailing list for a very long time :) > > I am just about to switch my Debian Linux install over to a dual boot between Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) and FreeBSD 7.2. > > Currently my setup is as follows: > > hda1 - ext3 > hdb1 - ext3 Linux root / > hdb2 - ext3 Linux home /home > > Because of the lack of space in my network and the fact that the master IDE drive is 250GB and the slave IDE drive is 160GB I wanted to wipe / on hdb1 and reformat to UFS2 and install FreeBSD. > > However would I be able to then write to UFS of Solaris as I will reformat the master to UFS for SXCE. I read on a forum already that BSD cannot write to ext3 only ext2 and if it did write to ext3 it would be without the journal. So I am not sure if writing to ext3 from BSD is a good idea either? > > The plan though at least is to write to UFS so that I can I can just bounce my data back and forth, so when it comes down to reformatting the ext3 /home partition I won't loose any of my information! > > I do not have a SAN or NAS system or even enough space in my servers for NFS transfer which is why I need to take these measures in the first place..... > > I hope someone has a response for my dilemma - many thanks, > > Kaya > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Yes currently journaling is not supported by ext2fs but you can read & write safely if the inode size of your ext2/ext3 partition is 128. If the inode size is different from 128 (which is common nowdays) then you can use the following patch http://pflog.net/~floyd/ext2fs.diff Cheers, Aditya Sarawgi ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.