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From: ryan@univac.labs.gmu.edu (Ryan Rafferty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD
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Date: 22 Dec 1996 22:27:29 GMT
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Lots of interesting discussion about obscenity, but I haven't seen
any suggestions about the original problem getting UFS partitions to
mount. I have always run into the same problem, and I'd appreciate
advice on how to get FreeBSD partitions to mount under Linux.
Is mise,
Ryan
Roger Espel Llima (espel@bireme.ens.fr) wrote:
: I've been trying to setup a system with both Linux and FreeBSD, and
: to get them to read each other's partitions. I had FreeBSD create
: three BSD-partitions inside a slice (aka a real mbr partition) and
: install itself in two of them with its native UFS filesystem...
:
: When booting Linux, the kernel finds the partitions correctly:
:
: nostromo:~ $ dmesg | grep hda
: hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, LBA, CHS=779/128/63
: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 > hda3 < hda8 hda9 hda10 >
: ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: DOS FreeBSD partitions linux partitions
: in one primary slice in an extended slice
:
: but when I try to mount them, I get this:
:
: nostromo:~ $ sudo mount -t ufs /dev/hda7 /mnt2
:
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs_nindir 2048 != 3
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fucking Sun blows me
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs last mounted on "/mnt/usr"
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs needs fsck
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_inode: file too big ino 2 dev 3/7, faking size
: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: inopb 64
: Dec 19 04:52:47 nostromo kernel: ufs_statfs
: Dec 19 04:52:47 nostromo kernel: ufs_statfs
:
: then cd'ing into /mnt2 doesn't find anything (not even . and ..), df
: gives completely insane sizes, and once you've been in the directory and
: tried an ls, it won't even let you umount the thing ("/dev/hda7 is busy"
: even tho it's not the current dir of anything).
:
: Any clues? The kernel is:
:
: nostromo:/proc $ cat version
: Linux version 2.0.26 (root@nostromo.ens.fr) (gcc version 2.7.2.1) #1 Wed Nov 27 23:37:48 MET 1996
: nostromo:/proc $ cat filesystems
: ext2
: nodev proc
: ufs
:
:
: -Roger
: --
: e-mail: roger.espel.llima@ens.fr
: WWW page & PGP key: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/index.html