Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:20:25 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Ignacio Rey <unix0@softhome.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing logical/extended partitions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112182117480.30383-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011219000856.A255@softhome.net>
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Ignacio Rey wrote: > My hard drive looks more or less like this: > > Partition 1: dos/win98 > 2: Linux / > 3: FreeBSD slice > 4: Extended > 5: Linux swap > 6: Linux /home > > Maybe I need to get used to device naming under FreeBSD =). I'm trying to > mount the Linux /home partition, in order to read my personal files under > FreeBSD. I tried this command: > > mount -t ext2fs /dev/ãd0s4b /mnt > > and I got this error: > > ext2fs: vfsloãd(ext2fs): No such file or directorý > > I checked and the device file exists, so this error got me confused. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > Logical partitions within an extended partition are numbered in FreeBSD from s5 on; your Linux /home might be s5 or s6. But you also need EXT2FS in the kernel, or you need to have a loadable kernel module in /modules for that purpose. I think there's a port that will install a loadable kernel mod but I'm not sure about this. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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