From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 21 09:17:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E4F9AE4 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:17:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x232.google.com (mail-wi0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9DD01680 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:17:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id cc10so4073891wib.11 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:17:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Ib2Soltg4Kx69Ss1fJVqtzIvsWhV/4AnYAvjzvqM9+I=; b=DXfysQ9kxgjLTVAv3ae+WbZBshGSPrwVb7KVQ3d/aTvbgl5l1/pATSCDu0KPkG8twI xpzZW+KD50o2TeYRUZNZIxfYXJw28/ETX87Wu8fow5n6486AAdcEEe7Cocq0eEodRJGr Ub9EJFdtyStD7NZdfqgwuNCRAK41/CuWXuGPhHzPP45hbVCxaY6rZRUqrp/fSbi3jjdK eMt8gvIGJgTUzlwWqyhFFDq39QsC+UkgiuY4ezGT8S62LwvlFdHTtqBOEKqOh3xP73mb tvA34rO3deTpMtcrjz1fyUwJ/1Tb+WAMctZpkEIR6aryACLZhx3rilk0C1Y9Q+woPgJL hrfQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.219.132 with SMTP id po4mr10240563wjc.7.1390295868432; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:17:48 -0800 (PST) Sender: olivier2553@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.82.70 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:17:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140121193035.K25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20140121172736.A25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20140121193035.K25136@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:17:48 +0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YNkzCt_0RFMxSHIGiBCygL_qaY8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux shared installation From: Olivier Nicole To: Ian Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Polytropon , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:17:50 -0000 Ian, > The main issue there is that from FreeBSD you'd be working with a (say) > ext2/3 partition as /home, when you really have to be sure that FreeBSD > handles R/W flawlessly with it rather than with UFS2+SU(+J), especially > regarding crash recovery. Perhaps with FUSE that might be solid enough, > but personally I tend to trust native formats and tools better, whether > from the FreeBSD or Linux side. I think that Linux (Ubuntu) supports UFS. As I have no machine with oth system, I never pushed further, but I think I remember seeing an option to format a partition using UFS in Ubuntu install. Let me give it a trty. Olivier > > > > > Extend. #1 > > > > log. dr. #1 Kali Linux 15 GB /dev/sda5 > > > > log. dr. #2 Mageia Linux 15 GB /dev/sda6 > > > > > > From FreeBSD accessing my old OS/2 partitions I seem to recall that > > > /dev/ada0s5 is the ext drive itself, and within would be ada0s6 and s7, > > > though the above nomenclature would be right from Linux' POV. > > > > In Linux too (Ubuntu) the Extended #1 is partition #4 and being > > splited into logical partition #5 and #6. Basically what you write > > Ian, but you missed the #4: /dev/ada0s4 is the ext drive itself, and > > within would be ada0s5 and s6... > > I'm still not sure about that from FreeBSD's perspective. Remembering > back to '98-'99 when I salvaged years of OS/2 work, especially code, and > those disks only had 3 primary partitions ('C:', OS/2 Boot Manager, then > drives D: through I: or J: on the extended partition, but with no s4 I > still had to start at s5, with s6 the first mountable partition (after > having built the HPFS code which is still in the tree, at 9.1 anyway). > > However I may be misremembering (non-ECC memory :) so perhaps Polytropon > could show us an 'ls /dev/ada0*' when it's done? > > cheers, Ian