Subject: Re: sysinst won't mount an ext2 file system?
To: Art Lemasters <slemas1@mindspring.com>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/14/2003 07:18:36
--ghzN8eJ9Qlbqn3iT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

hi,

On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 11:06:10PM -0600, Art Lemasters wrote:
>=20
> In sysinst, to mount the Linux drive (wd0), I entered the device as
> wd0, and then wd0f in the next try (just in case it needed the
> partition designator).  ext2 was entered as the file system.

it should be ext2fs, not ext2.

> I entered the proper directory for the NetBSD install files on the
> GNU/Linux drive.
>=20
> sysinst told me that it couldn't mount the drive.  I went to the shell
> offered in sysinst and tried to manually mount the GNU/Linux drive.
> ...no-go.

what exactly did you do to mount it manually?

> Will I have to compile a kernel in Linux again to enable it to mount a
> NetBSD system and copy the files to it that way?

INSTALL kernel already has support for ext2fs, you don't need to compile
new kernel.


regards,

--=20
-- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>                   --
--                  <salo@silcnet.org>                   --

--ghzN8eJ9Qlbqn3iT
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (NetBSD)

iD8DBQE+mkSsiwjDDlS8cmMRAjpmAJwMeyyUBzoS/JCAYKNke/4q9U7oNwCfatcU
9x7vRYmjReAQXI2dJASzKhs=
=u4KH
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--ghzN8eJ9Qlbqn3iT--