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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:41:20 -0500
From:      "Harris Kauffman" <hpk104@hotmail.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <mwp@pucrs.br>, <markh@lon.imag.net>
Subject:   Re: Mounting FreeBSD partition in Linux
Message-ID:  <19991215234042.75847.qmail@hotmail.com>

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FreeBSD supports ext2fs, or at least 3.3 does.  You need to add=20

options "EXT2FS"

to the kernel, and then use=20

mount_ext2fs /dev/driveslice /mnt/linux
or=20
mount -t ext2fs /dev/driveslice /mnt/linux

to mount the drive

>On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
>> -On [19991215 12:25], Mauricio Westendorff Pegoraro (mwp@pucrs.br) =
wrote:
>> >Hi there.
>> >
>> >Would anyone out there tell me how mount a FreeBSD partition in a =
Linux
>> >(RedHat) and vice-versa? Both systems are in the same
>> >machine (obsviously).
>>=20
>> Does Linux support something like mount_ffs or mount_ufs of BSD-type
>> slices/partitions?
>

Linux calls it ffs, so:
>

>mount -t ffs /dev/hdaX /mnt/FreeBSD
>where hdaX is the partition where freeBSD resides.
>

>or add the line:
>/dev/hdaX       /mnt/FreeBSD    ffs     defaults
>in your /etc/fstab file to mount FreeBSD at boot time.
>

>Read more about in 'man mount' or 'man fstab'.  FreeBSD does not =
currently
>support ext2fs (Linux filesystem) at this time.



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<DIV>FreeBSD supports ext2fs, or at least 3.3 does.&nbsp; You need to =
add </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>options "EXT2FS"</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>to the kernel, and then use </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>mount_ext2fs /dev/driveslice /mnt/linux</DIV>
<DIV>or </DIV>
<DIV>mount -t ext2fs /dev/driveslice /mnt/linux</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>to mount the drive</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; -On [19991215 12:25], Mauricio Westendorff Pegoraro =
(mwp@pucrs.br)=20
wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; &gt;Hi there.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; &gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; &gt;Would anyone out there tell me how mount a FreeBSD =
partition=20
in a Linux</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; &gt;(RedHat) and vice-versa? Both systems are in the =
same</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; &gt;machine (obsviously).</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; </DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; Does Linux support something like mount_ffs or mount_ufs =
of=20
BSD-type</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&gt; slices/partitions?</DIV>&gt;<BR>
<DIV>Linux calls it ffs, so:</DIV>&gt;<BR>
<DIV>&gt;mount -t ffs /dev/hdaX /mnt/FreeBSD</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;where hdaX is the partition where freeBSD =
resides.</DIV>&gt;<BR>
<DIV>&gt;or add the line:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;/dev/hdaX<X-TAB>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</X-TA=
B>/mnt/FreeBSD<X-TAB>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</X-TAB>ffs<X-TAB>&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</X-TAB>defaults</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;in your /etc/fstab file to mount FreeBSD at boot =
time.</DIV>&gt;<BR>
<DIV>&gt;Read more about in 'man mount' or 'man fstab'.&nbsp; FreeBSD =
does not=20
currently</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;support ext2fs (Linux filesystem) at this=20
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