Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 08:42:42 +0000 From: Electric Head <root@poker2.northernnet.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@shell.futuresouth.com> Cc: "Marc M. LaFerrera" <mml@sunlink.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!??!?! Message-ID: <19971006084242.23585@poker2.northernnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971004232506.613A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 11:33:53PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.971004232946.16069A-100000@earth.sunlink.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971004232506.613A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
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On Sat, Oct 04, 1997 at 11:33:53PM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Marc M. LaFerrera wrote: > > > Hello, I am having alot of problems. Hopefully you will be able to help > > me. First, I can't mount my linux partition from FreeBSD. Everytime I do: > > mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd0s1 /mnt > > I get, : > > mount: ext2fs filesystem unsupported > > or something along those lines. I have the book "The complete FreeBSD" > > distributed by walnut creek cdrom. But it says nothing what so ever bout > > this. How do I add ext2fs support into my kernel? And, I know I shouldn't > > ask you this next question, but, you never know. I have the same problem > > with linux. I can't mount my BSD partition from linux. what would the fs > > type be? And how can I add support for the fs type? > I'm not the one to answer this, but I don't think you CAN mount a Linux > partition from FreeBSD, or vice versa. The FreeBSD partition type would > be either ufs or 4.2BSD, though. Yes U CAN!!! vmount does this through a ported version of Linux's fs code. It feeds freebsd the VFS style info through an NFS port. Basically, you run a proggie, it deamonizes, and exports something to freebsd that it can understand. > Is it parallel or is it SCSI; they're 2 different interfaces. I'd guess > you mean SCSI, you I think you'd just reference it like any other SCSI > drive; as sd(whatever number). It is p port, and yes, it is supported. Check the FAQ or handbook, or maybe this question has been answered. Shawn
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