From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 05:36:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4336516A419 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA6F13C448 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so2371663rvb.43 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:36:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=hgX0iGDLY10IrtgYtNCG4HhoaPdBMz0Hm29hRgCg1s4=; b=t4goO35fIYxSi8iwIszQQ/HLBpqIOsjFP3aSlue9CmmNZrsTZknRJ26Som8nrTD/hSpNumYMHmXU4/WwFLKjKfdASTMevSE/SIFISQ5bozR8b3wDjTduHOT1YFH3rDO1Q/G2+kQQdzEOqrybJ56wtZ8140DMJRxn/hEdFvYuHqo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=pnldx9VAq5B9cGBTHV2ldcUS0bfiAOOmdJnrWpSVyCA0MnpxGCFtu5QGbrvblc7AGyygDGLSqZvdF4tHelLzO2nScOPOe4O1FUkBT2gjwELVi+Zl+r7PJSDGcvkdip30K8NIYeSZgjYoQ2RTGdSp09Npqm3HQu9YfYhAszrCtQY= Received: by 10.141.88.3 with SMTP id q3mr4624774rvl.3.1197956180825; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from brahma.susmita.org ( [59.92.29.114]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b8sm9259330rvf.2007.12.17.21.36.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:36:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by brahma.susmita.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 19C34CBC7; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:06:15 +0530 (IST) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:06:15 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071218053615.GA9154@brahma.susmita.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <226ae0c60712170738m7b5f2a5dt6286fe336cd8dd88@mail.gmail.com> <20071218050508.GB41080@demeter.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071218050508.GB41080@demeter.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: common filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:36:22 -0000 On 22:05:08 Dec 17, Chad Perrin wrote: > Are you suggesting I put the filesystem on another machine and use NFS to > make it available to both OSes on this machine? I'm looking to have a > filesystem on *this* machine that is available to both OSes, running one > at a time. > Chad, I saw your question but couldn't think of a proper answer. I generally shy away from any multiboot situation since I have few machines with me. Even then I too have to multiboot once in a while. Anyway coming back to the point. If FFS2 and EXT3 are ruled out, then what is remaining? ;) XFS? It is a tough choice indeed. Of course you could do a diskless boot off an NFS and use that as file system for communication between the two OSes. But for that you need another machine connected over LAN running NFS of course. Sorry if my answer was irrelevant but this is the best I could do. Thanks. -Girish