On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 01:03:27AM +0530, Shantanoo Mahajan typed: > +-- David Benfell [freebsd] [24-09-03 23:00 IST]: > | On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:58:53 -0700, Mike Hogsett wrote: > | > > | > dump(8) and restore(8)* may do the trick. I would recommend dumping from > | > an os where ext3 is native (e.g. linux) and then restore on a os where ffs > | > is native (e.g. FreeBSD).
This won't work. dump and restore are filesystem specific. Use a more generic tool like tar. > | > > | This should be considered mandatory. Linux support for ffs is broken > | -- and apparently no one cares enough to fix it. > | > | And if there's any support for ext2/3 on the BSDs, it's news to me. > | > man mount_ext2fs > > also check out > /usr/ports/sysutils/fsck_ext2fs > > mount_ext2fs can mount ext3 FS. But if ext3 FS is > not unmounted properly, you have to use fsck_ext2fs > and then mount it. > > -- > With Best Regards, > Shantanoo Mahajan > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
