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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD and Linux on same machine? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <49d5o8$uo@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <m2zqdjdegw.fsf@lily.sirius.com> <49av6a$d4v@pell.com> <49csi3$1qo@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 20:06:32 GMT Lines: 19 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:72252 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9375 In article <49csi3$1qo@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: >On this topic, >I don't understand why neither Linux nor FreeBSD >seem to have organised a common file system -- >is it jealousy, or is there some reason why >it is harder to organise things so that >one can mount a FreeBSD file system under Linux >than to do the same for a DOS file system? > > The FreeBSD-current kernels fully support read/write ext2fs and was ported from the work done on Lites by Godmar Back. The reason is NOT jealousy and it was fortunate that someone (Godmar) took the time to do the work. There are still a few problems and they are being worked by various people. John dyson@freebsd.org