converting ext3 to ffs

[Ruben de Groot]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 01:03:27AM +0530, Shantanoo Mahajan typed:
> +-- David Benfell [freebsd] [24-09-03 23:00 IST]:
> | On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:58:53 -0700, Mike Hogsett wrote:
> | > 
> | > dump(8) and restore(8)* may do the trick.  I would recommend dumping from
> | > an os where ext3 is native (e.g. linux) and then restore on a os where ffs
> | > is native (e.g. FreeBSD).

This won't work. dump and restore are filesystem specific. Use a more 
generic tool like tar.

> | > 
> | This should be considered mandatory.  Linux support for ffs is broken
> | -- and apparently no one cares enough to fix it.
> | 
> | And if there's any support for ext2/3 on the BSDs, it's news to me.
> | 
> 	man mount_ext2fs
> 
> 	also check out 
> 	/usr/ports/sysutils/fsck_ext2fs
> 
> 	mount_ext2fs can mount ext3 FS. But if ext3 FS is
> 	not unmounted properly, you have to use fsck_ext2fs
> 	and then mount it.
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Shantanoo Mahajan
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