Simon Robertson 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
>
> 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
Hmmm... I think I'm on my way over there! Mike
