Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:11:48 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to mount FreeBSD from Debian or any Linux possibly Message-ID: <20031219131148.GA40808@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20031219004318.W18755@rocket.alienwebshop.com> References: <20031219004318.W18755@rocket.alienwebshop.com>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:48:40AM -0500, Peter Leftwich typed: > I thought I would GIVE BACK to the BSD community and share my breakthrough: > > Here is how to mount your freebsd partition from Linux (in my case, it was > a CD-R of the Debian-based bootable known as Knoppix available from > www.knoppix.net). As long as your Linux environment can "see" the > partition, such as /mnt/hda2 (for example), you first > > $ umount /mnt/hda2 > $ mkdir /mnt/freebsdpartition > $ mount -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd /dev/hda2 /mnt/freebsdpartition > > The only thing I could not figure out was how to "su" my currently-running > X session. That would allow me to use KDE and Konqueror to browse > graphically to the directory /mnt/freebsdpartition ... anyone know how? Not needed. try: mount -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,uid=knoppix /dev/hda2 /mnt/freebsdpartition (that is, if your X session is running as user "knoppix".) > Happy holidays everyone, and happy reading-of-the-manpages!! :0) > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder, Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > http://Www.Video2Video.Com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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