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Date:      Mon, 01 May 2000 12:34:52 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libstand ext2fs.c 
Message-ID:  <200005011934.MAA03025@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 May 2000 12:16:02 PDT." <95516.957208562@localhost> 

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> > It allows us to see linux partition types, and load from them;
> > I should be able to boot a freebsd kernel and memory image from
> > a pure linux box, although I've only used it to load the kernel
> > at this point.
> 
> Can we use ext2fs as a root filesystem?  I would really like that. :)

I seem to recall a comment that the root-mount stuff in ext2fs had 
rotted, but that would have been a while ago.  I'm sure it'll be fixed 
again soon.

(You're a bad, bad man. 8)

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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