Date: Fri, 2 Oct 98 14:06:59 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: jritorto@tsoft.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: migrating to FreeBSD Message-ID: <H000057c018bb0b4@MHS> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9810020325010.276-100000@juniper.tsoft.net>
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Hello, Have-you erased your Linux disk ? if not, you can mount an ext2fs partition in the FreeBSD tree (man mount_ext2fs(8) - mount a ext2fs file system) You can also tar to a file which could be on an M$-FAT partition. TfH PS : welcome to FreeBSD > > Hello. I've read and been impressed by your FreeBSD propaganda and have > converted to your platform from Slackware Linux. > During the migration, I backed up all my serious data to QIC-80 > tapes using tar. Now when I try to retrieve the data, the ft filter > says that I've inserted the wrong volume and won't accept the > volume name of the Linux-generated tape. How do I get around this? The > data was a backup of an old operating system for my pdp11 and I can't > replace it, so it's critical. > > thanks in advance > > Jacob Ritorto > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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