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.
> >
> Mike,
>
> I will come at another angle, you will find that with freeBSD it is best
> to base other linux systems on it as linux was based on unix. So if you
> can, install FreeBSD first then have support for a linux OS and install
> mandrake. During installation do the auto format and mount windows if
> you have it as /windows.
>
> Unix partitions are different so you only get them during fdisk in a
> FreeBSD installation and not anywhere else.
>
> Always ask for a FreeBSD MBR. Get the ports. FreeBSD filisystem format
> is 'ufs', linux is 'ext2' and windows is 'msdos' in /etc/fstab.
>
> Hopefully that gives you some guidence, but I do promote again, join the
> FreeBSD mailing lists.
>
> Simon
> > --
> > Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 74 Annemasse France
> > old Linux fan
Yes, on second thought, I think that's a good idea. I've got a spare
box here so I'll go ahead and install on there to mess with it.
Thanks, Mike
