I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get the list OT, this does help however -
I'm seeing some of the similarities here. Thanks everyone for your
answers, I'm going to sit back and do some reading before I go any
farther. I've done several installs so far (it's pretty quick on 700MHz
/ 512MB RAM) to see if I could figure out why I'm having trouble. I've
been trying to add to a multiboot system though and I think I'm going to
change gears and give it to a spare box so I can get familiar with it's
ins and outs then try to go back to this system.
Thanks again everyone! Mike
Simon Robertson wrote:
>
> Brian,
>
> I mean this to be done in FreeBSD, so that mandrake is practically just
> another directory like windows can be.
>
> /etc/fstab:
>
> /dev/ad0s1 /windows msdos defaults 0 0
> /dev/ad0s2 /mandrake ext2 defaults 0 0
> /dev/ad0s4a / ufs rw 1 1
> /dev/ad0s4b none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/ad0s4c /usr ufs rw 2 2
> /dev/ad0s4d /var ufs rw 2 2
> /dev/ad0s4e /tmp ufs rw 2 2
> /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,user 0 0
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Simon
>
> "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> >
> > 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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