Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:39:54 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: mount_ext2fs returning ENODEV on 6.1 Message-ID: <20060914213954.GA58176@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <10609142107.AA01301@pluto.rain.com> References: <10609140727.AA28689@pluto.rain.com> <20060914160534.GA53648@xor.obsecurity.org> <10609142107.AA01301@pluto.rain.com>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 02:07:56PM -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > > # ll /dev/ad0s7 > > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 93 Sep 4 02:30 /dev/ad0s7 > > > # file -s /dev/ad0s7 > > > /dev/ad0s7: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data > > > # grep -w ad0s7 /etc/fstab > > > /dev/ad0s7 /linux ext2fs ro 0 0 > > > # ll -d /linux > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 24 12:09 /linux > > > # mount /linux > > > mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad0s7: Operation not supported by device > >=20 > > No ext2fs support in your kernel? >=20 > I had not thought that was the problem, since according to > something in the docs or manpages -- which I now cannot locate > -- missing kernel support should have resulted in a different > message. How would I check, to be sure? I am using the kernel > from the installation CD, not one I have built: Then you don't have kernel support, since it's not enabled by default (the ext2 code is under the GPL and cannot be distributed in a BSD-licensed kernel). Recompile your kernel or load the module per the handbook. Kris --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFCcwqWry0BWjoQKURAj9yAJ9nR9FlZ9LFBCFp37jegCcevBMV6ACfcZnO QUBMr1KfJtqQLDZmmQ2ktEM= =6HPh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--
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