Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
>
> Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I've recently decided to start playing with FreeBSD and in preparation,
> > I recompiled my kernel so I would have support for ufs so I could read
> > my BSD partitions. When I add the partition under linuxconf, whether I
> > give it ufs or auto for the filetype, it can't seem to mount the BSD
> > partition giving the error wrong filetype. Does anyone have any BSD
> > experience and wouldn't mind giving me a little guidance? Thanks, Mike
>
> Stupid question, but ... has your BSD partition _ever_ been formatted
> ???
> Linuxconf, or fdisk, or whatever, will only add the partition in
> the partition table(s) on the disk, it will not make a filesystem ...
> (this is not specific to ufs, it would be the same with _any_
> filesystem type).
> Even with M$-DOG, you have to execute fdisk _then_ format.
>
> --
> Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 74 Annemasse France
> old Linux fan
FreeBSD is the only thing that can create itself, fdisk only creates a
freeBSD partition under freeBSD installation. So forget about partition
magic or diskdruid, etc. Just ask the FreeBSD users, they know what they
are doing.
Simon
