From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AQ8CE-0002WN-00 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:43:50 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hATGiXhb001372 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:44:33 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hATGiX83001371 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:44:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:44:32 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031129164432.GA1362@gmx.net> References: <20031129155220.GA1332@gmx.net> <20031129160124.GA5868@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031129160124.GA5868@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: freebsd X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:43:51 -0000 ah...so that's my problem. I'll have to find a freebsd box to get an account on so I can finish these disks. On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:01:24AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help: > > UFS file system support (read-only) > CONFIG_UFS_FS > BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, > OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V > Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using > this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from > these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the > experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the > file for more information. > > If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the > network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but > you need NFS file system support obviously). > > Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a > good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes > (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man > tar" or preferably "info tar"). > > When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the > NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program > recode ("info recode") for this purpose. > > If you want to compile the UFS file system support as a module ( = > code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel > whenever you want), say M here and read > . The module will be called ufs.o. > > If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. > > UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS) > CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE > Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is > experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand. > > Greg > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:52:20AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > Hi all. I'm trying to mount the kern.flp freebsd install disk so I can > > modify it for installation using serial terminal. > > what fs should I mount this as? bc it mounts it as ufs but I cant right > > to it even though it says it's rw. > > > > -- > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > back. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.