Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:38:08 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: josh.carroll@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting ext3fs partition Message-ID: <1bd550a00812031338o77f70007lbcc52325c91f5b3b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0812031208k62c0979cjc97dd9fcdeb43b32@mail.gmail.com> References: <1bd550a00812031145y7a94d7cbgf8c519ad35b2dce@mail.gmail.com> <8cb6106e0812031208k62c0979cjc97dd9fcdeb43b32@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@gmail.com> wrote= : > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Fernando Apestegu=EDa > <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm running FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2. I have several partitions/filesystems >> in my computer and I would like to have full access to all of them. >> >> I've mounted the NTFS partition without problems (though it is >> read-only, it's enough for me) >> >> I've compiled the kernel with the EXT2FS option. I can mount the partiti= on with: >> >> mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad4s1 /mnt/linux >> >> note: the partition is actually a ext3fs... >> >> But if I enter the mount point and do "ls", I get: >> >> ls: /mnt/linux: Bad file descriptor > > Is is possible you are running into a case where the inode size of the > partition is not the previous default for e2fsprogs of 128. I have a > patch that addresses this, but I am hesitant to suggest it, since I > have not yet validated that it does not trample some additional ext2 > metadata. However, in the testing I've done, it has worked with all > the tests I've put it through. > > You can verify the inode size with: > > tune2fs -l /dev/ad4s1 | grep "Inode size" > > It is likely 256 (the new e2fsprogs default), in which case you will > not be able to see or use the mount without a fix. If you're > interested in my patch, let me know and I can send it to you (the > machine it is hosted on is down at the moment). Hi josh, Exactly, it is 256. So according to you, I can't use the mounted filesystem, right? Could you please explain in more detail, what the problem is? Thanks in advance. > > Thanks, > Josh >
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