Bruce Evans said: >> > >> > # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad0s2 /mnt/linux >> > ext2fs: /dev/ad0s2: No such file or directory >> >> Did you compile EXT2FS support into your kernel? Awful shame on a FreeBSD newbie, I didn't. I naively thought it was in the GENERIC kernel, but I just saw he note about the 'risky' use of the ext2 module. Apologies. Building now bleeding edge kernel ... > That's probably the main bug here. Some others are: > > (1) mount(8) obfuscates the name of the mount utility that does the mount > > (2) nmount(2) returns the unhelpful errno ENOENT for many cases > > (3) mount_ext2fs doesn't print the name of the mount point > > (4) mount(2) only documents the device file for ufs. > > (5) nmount(2) is undocumented. Thanks for the insight, a very good one I would have loved to find in the archives, now it's reality :). The fix for error display from mount_* is obviously a good idea (to prevent spurious bug reports like mine !). Sincerely, VincentReceived on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 09:21:43 UTC
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