Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:59:01 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Subject: Re: CFT: vdfuse port (was: Re: Mounting VirtualBox vdi files [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]) Message-ID: <20100915165901.GA34329@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimcLFG4tZiNhYQuXO64aSDVyT-4Gg6CmyEmOho4@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007052053090.9243@wonkity.com> <20100706032057.GA15827@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <201009022024.o82KOVni007042@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009081918340.25377@wonkity.com> <20100911184519.GA2100@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009111302590.62686@wonkity.com> <20100913211401.GA49701@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <AANLkTimcLFG4tZiNhYQuXO64aSDVyT-4Gg6CmyEmOho4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 08:11:35PM -0500, Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 01:06:24PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > >> On Sat, 11 Sep 2010, Juergen Lock wrote: > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 07:44:37PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > >> >> On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Juergen Lock wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> ...there is a much simpler fusefs tool in debian called vdfuse that I > >> >>> now finally made a port of. I don't know how stable this is on > >> >>> FreeBSD or if there still may be bugs, so please give this a good test > >> >>> and post your results here. Here's a simple example: > >> >>> > >> >>> # vdfuse -r -f ~nox/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/win7-64.vdi /mnt > >> >>> # mdconfig -a -f /mnt/Partition2 -o readonly > >> >>> md0 > >> >>> # mount -o ro -t ntfs /dev/md0 /mnt2 > >> >>> # ls -l /mnt2 > >> >>> ... > >> >>> # umount /mnt2 > >> >>> # mdconfig -d -u 0 > >> >>> # umount /mnt > >> >> > >> >> It works for a .vdi of a UFS drive. The BSD partitions show up on the > >> >> md0 device (md0a, etc). Just a trivial test, but looks promising! > >> > > >> > Yep, those kind of tests worked for me too, I just wasn't sure if it > >> > also survives `heavy use', i.e. reading/writing/using files much on > >> > the mounted fs.es... > >> > >> Dumping the partitions of that FreeBSD system worked just now. Not what > >> I'd call a thorough test, but it did read everything in the filesystem > >> without problems. > > > > Ok that sounds promising... Someone want to do more tests or should I > > just commit the port? :) > > During my first (and only) testing session, I wasn't able to mount the > md(4) device after I created it. Further, after a few attempts each > time, vdfuse would segfault. > > Image was form Windows XP 32-bit (1 Partition, NTFS). > Did you use the correct partition? And did you try ntfs-3g or just the in-kernel (readonly) ntfs? Also which FreeBSD version was this? > I'm in the process of rebuilding my system ATM (kernel, world, and > ports), but I will test further when I'm back up again... Ok that should be interesting then. Thanx, :) Juergen
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