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Date:      Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:30:24 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount_ext2fs returning ENODEV on 6.1
Message-ID:  <441wqd2ty7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <10609150259.AA02100@pluto.rain.com> (Perry Hutchison's message of "Thu, 14 Sep 06 19:59:21 PDT")
References:  <10609140727.AA28689@pluto.rain.com> <20060914160534.GA53648@xor.obsecurity.org> <10609142107.AA01301@pluto.rain.com> <44u03auon5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <10609150259.AA02100@pluto.rain.com>

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perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) writes:

>> The standard kernel doesn't have ext2fs support now; I doubt the 6.1
>> release was different.  Try loading it as a module; "kldload ext2fs".
>
> It seems not to be that easy :(
>
>   # kldload ext2fs
>   kldload: can't load ext2fs: No such file or directory
>
> Where is ext2fs.ko supposed to have come from?  A search for ext2fs
> in the Handbook found nothing applicable, and I have already built
> and installed /usr/ports/sysutils/e2fsprogs.

I checked the 6.1 install disks, and saw ext2fs.ko in boot/kernel,
just like I'd expect.  I've rebuilt with newer sources several times
since then, but I'm surprised if it isn't there on your disk.


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