[MLB-WIRELESS] OS File system compatibility

Brendan Hiley Pro at ProFX.net
Mon Jul 15 16:39:08 EST 2002


It can use ext2 just as reliably as redhat can.

-ProFX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Bloomfield" <brad at bloomfield.dhs.org>
To: "Robert Tchia" <robert.tchia at palantir.com.au>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] OS File system compatibility


> Hi,
>
> Since I lasted looked at the FreeBSD man page for mount there was support
> for ext2fs. So you should be able to mount it. I cannot comment on how
> reliably it works because I don't have any ext2 filesystems to test it on.
>
> Cheers
>
> brad
>
>
> At 03:40 PM 15/07/2002, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This is not intended as a troll for OS debate :-)
> >
> >I have a redhat server and want to rebuild it with FreeBSD. But on my
> >redhat system I have 2 hard drives. HD0 is my system drive and HD1 is my
> >data drive and they both formatted with ext2 (I think ?).
> >
> >If I reformat my system drive and install FreeBSD, will FreeBSD read my
> >data drive formatted with redhat?
> >
> >Sorry for asking a simple question but as you can tell I am non *nix
> >person.
> >
> >
> >Many thanks
> >Rob
> >
> >
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