Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:52:47 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: physically mounting a FreeBSD drive on a WinXP box Message-ID: <3DEB114F.7030306@401.cx> References: <20021202070814.18661.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com>
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Bsd Neophyte wrote: > i don't know if posting this question is relavant to this group... but i > was wondering if it was possible to physically mount a former FreeBSD disk > on a winxp box. > > i know someone would suggest that i mount the drive on the FreeBSD box and > get the files i need that way... however, this is not an easy process. it > would be alot easier if i could take the drive and use something to take > the files from my WinXP system. > AFAIK, this is not possible. FreeBSD can mount Windows filesystems, but the other way around is not true. As always, since m$ is the bigger one, the others have to follow their standards, while m$ itself doesnt care about anyone else's. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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