Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:26:09 -0600 From: Brad Waite <brad@ssbaptist.net> To: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@s1.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting linux partitions Message-ID: <396F4D31.9ABCB94E@ssbaptist.net> References: <396EAB39.7AC8823A@ssbaptist.net> <396EAFE2.92B1C75C@S1.com>
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Harry, Thanks for the reply. I should've been more clear. I've rebuilt the kernel w/ext2fs and have successfully mounted the primary parition. It's the logical's I can get FBSD to recognize. I read something in the archives from 2 years ago about the ext2fs driver not working, but was hoping there was a solution in 4.0-Release (which I also forgot to mention :). -Brad Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: > > Hi Brad, > > > > > We're trying to upgrade one of our linux servers to FBSD, and have > > encountered a snag. I cannot for the life of me get FBSD to mount the > > ext2fs logical partitions. Is there a way around this, or can I change > > the partition types of the linux drives from w/in linux to permit this? > > > > as well as /sbin/mount_ext2fs, you need in your kernel configuration > file > > "options EXT2FS", > > although, my LINT file (V4.0-R) says... > > # Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit > # careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind > # changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could > # be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) > > hmmm... 'all care, no responsibility' I guess ;') > > GBY, > > h -- Brad Waite Media Director - South Sheridan Baptist Church (303) 922-8304 x225 brad@ssbaptist.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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