Subject: Re: making of ext2 on NetBSD
To: Tomas D <u0giene@yahoo.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/17/2005 23:40:54
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:54:45PM -0800, Tomas D wrote:
>  Hi, I need to have useable ext2 partition on my
> harddisk, so when I initially installed netbsd I
> specified partition size and mount point and type but
> when I booted up netbsd it didn't come up, I've
> checked disklabel /dev/wd0 and it shows size offset
> fstype (which is ext2) however [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
> values are 0, I was trying to use makefs -t ext2
> /dev/wd0g, no joy I've tried newfs no luck too... is
> there anything on netbsd that I can use to make that
> partition mountable and useable without getting linux
> live cd (which as a matter of fact I did mini debian
> iso and it had no sata support on it!)

install sysutils/e2fsprogs from pkgsrc.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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