Simon Robertson wrote:
>
> Fellows,
>
> Create a mount point for mandrake (ie.'/mandrake') an add to /etc/fstab
> this:
>
> /dev/ad0s'x' /mandrake ext2 defaults 0 0
>
> Then reboot. You should not need to mount, it will be automatic at
> bootup.
That's going to get his Mandrake installation to be able to see his
FreeBSD parition?
Seems to me it might do the reverse, but I don't think that's what he's
asking for.
> Simon
>
> "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> >
> > So FreeBSD *is* installed there, and it boots up ok?
> >
> > Perhaps you could show us both the output of fdisk,
> > and the exact mount command you are using (including the
> > line from /etc/fstab if you aren't doing it completely
> > by hand).
> >
> > Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > Actually, that's a pretty good question... I let the FreeBSD installer
> > > do most everything, just answered the questions. I went into the fdisk
> > > version that it provided and set the BSD slices, then set the mount
> > > points (tried both selecting myself and letting it set default); the
> > > only clue I got about formatting was that it gave a warning message that
> > > if I selected another filesystem besides '165', that I would need to
> > > format it myself and it would just set the partitions up. I guess I
> > > could set up the partitions as ext2 from Linux and then try assigning
> > > mount points from the setup disk?
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
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