Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 23:52:32 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ryan=20Baldwin?= <ryanb486@yahoo.co.uk> To: Ryan Baldwin <ryanb486@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Describing geometry of disk image file to FreeBsd Message-ID: <20020419225232.37805.qmail@web10405.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020419224347.81668.qmail@web10401.mail.yahoo.com>
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Alas, this time round it seems to have worked. fdisk reports the geometry I supplied. Saddly mount -t ext2fs /dev/vn0s1 ./mnt reports ext2fs: /dev/vn0s1 Operation not permited (Sigh) I suppose the 'excitement' never ends. > --- Ryan Baldwin <ryanb486@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >I'm >trying to mount a ext2fs file system on the > first > partition of a disk image file. The problem is that > when I use vnconfig to configure the image file as a > 'virtual node/device?' I dont seem to be able to > describe the geometry. It seems that with NetBsd I > could say: > > vnconfig vn0 ./theimage.img xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx > > where 'xxx/xxx/xxx/xxx' would describe the geometry. > It seems that although on FreeBsd this causes no > errors the geometry I supply appears to be ignored > ignored( fdisk on vn0 reports incorrect values ). > > I have spent the last couple of my evenings > searching > for any explantation of how this is done under > FreeBsd > but cant seem to find any clear explanation. The man > pages for NetBsd seem to be a lot clearer on this > particular subject. > > Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated. > Ryan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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