From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 7: 0:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C754337B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:00:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (dav24.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.162.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E6743EA9 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:00:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kenzo_chin@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 07:00:26 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [209.187.233.156] From: "Kenzo" To: "Bsd Neophyte" Cc: References: <20021202070814.18661.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com> <3DEB114F.7030306@401.cx> Subject: Re: physically mounting a FreeBSD drive on a WinXP box Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:59:35 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2002 15:00:26.0334 (UTC) FILETIME=[8BFB17E0:01C29A13] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Would ms services for unix do it? I know that it can mount remote unix slices to windows, but don't know about physically. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" To: "Bsd Neophyte" Cc: Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:52 AM Subject: Re: physically mounting a FreeBSD drive on a WinXP box > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message