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Date:      Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:09:25 -0400
From:      Jim <stapleton.41@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot make/mount ext2 partition
Message-ID:  <80f4f2b20809030709n7db6b48v216c795714e62ad6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20809021106j16e334e5na10b5675d018f1e5@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <80f4f2b20809021106j16e334e5na10b5675d018f1e5@mail.gmail.com>

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> I'm trying to create an EXT2 partition so I can share files between
> FreeBSD and any other operating system I put on the computer, without
> the limitations of FAT32.
>
> My kernel config is the generic kernel, with a bunch of SCSI, RAID and
> network drivers, MD_ROOT and NFS_ROOT commented out.
>
> However, once I'm done making the partition, I can't mount it. When I
> try mounting it, I get the following error.
> mount: /dev/ad8s1 : Operation not supported by device
>
[...]
> [sjss@elrond ~]$ sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/ad8s1 /mnt


Solved, I needed to use ext2fs, not ext2.

-Jim Stapleton



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