Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:26:59 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: AQUAMAN <yoatl@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: filesystems compatibility Message-ID: <3C8E72A3.6E9CBC6F@mindspring.com> References: <20020312185747.98993.qmail@web13305.mail.yahoo.com>
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AQUAMAN wrote: > I want to install at home debian, mandrake, redhat and > freebsd, and a partition /home. The four operating > systems can modify the last one, so that I don't have > to install a /home partition for each one of them. > > I know that I have to install a filesystem that is > compatible with them. > Could you suggest me the appropriate one? You probably wanted to ask this in questions. -- It's really hard to answer these kinds of questions exhaustively, since Linux has the bad habit of changing things about the on disk layout of FS data, and not changing the name of the FS; there are at least six incompatible hacks on EXT2FS since the first EXT2FS, and knowing which one you have is an exercise in detective work. The limiting factor is going to be the FS's the are read/write that all the Linux distributions have in common, and that are also supported by FreeBSD. I think the only one in common for all three Linux distributions, that doesn't have local hacks, with be EXT2FS. FreeBSD can read and write EXT2FS, as long as you aren't using local hacks (last time I checked this, a long time ago, I admit, FreeBSD did not support the RedHat hack for sparse superblocks, and neither did Debian). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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