Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:13:43 +0200 From: "Clayton Milos" <clay@milos.co.za> To: "FreeBSD STABLE" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting OpenBSD partitions Message-ID: <00ed01c71949$1e277d80$fe03a8c0@claylaptop> References: <20061206043535.GA1679@crodrigues.org><5ECA6CAB6FE1A04CB80E54344E27BC4A0A31FD83@SAT4MX03.RACKSPACE.CORP> <a8b8bb510612060518k7bb9a00fn136da8ec25f75661@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Burke" <alexjeffburke@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD STABLE" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Mounting OpenBSD partitions > Hi, > > What you need is a GEOM module called nbsd. Here is the link: > http://www.26th.net/public/projects/freebsd/geom_nbsd/geom_nbsd.tgz > > This module is analgous to the default component (geom_bsd I believe > it is called) that understands FreeBSD disklabels, but instead it > understands NetBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD disklabels. > > Once compiled and kldload'ed into the kernel, that module will allow > you to mount your partitions from the OpenBSD disk. However, note that > when I used it, there was some bug that did not allow you to get rid > of the module (cannot rememeber whether it panicked, hung or just > refused to unload), and so I simply rebooted once I had pulled the > data off the drive I needed to. > > Incidentally, it seems a great shame that FreeBSD does not deliver > this support in the base system, it would seem like a VERY useful > thing to be able to do for users and developers who use a couple of > the different BSD systems. > > Thanks and hope this helps, Alex J Burke. Alex You have a very valid point here. FreeBSD's support for other FS' is horiffic. Very little else is supported which I find very sad. There is not even support for Solaris UFS. Something that would be really nice would be support for XFS. I personally think that XFS is a really good FS with nice features. -Clay
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