mounting ext2fs partitions on FBSD7 ( third time a charm?)

[Gonzalo Nemmi]

On Saturday 05 July 2008 01:37:26 Ryan Coleman wrote:
> Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:
> > On Friday 04 July 2008 22:58:18 you wrote:
> >> Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:
> >>> Could somebody please throw me a pointer ...
> >>> i have followed every instruction on every book and/or how-to ... yet
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>> What am I doing wrong??
> >>>
> >>> root at inferna:~ # uname -sr
> >>> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
> >>> root at inferna:~ # kldstat
> >>> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> >>>  1   10 0xc0400000 4dd878   kernel
> >>>  2    1 0xc08de000 7559b0   nvidia.ko
> >>>  3    1 0xc1034000 6721c    acpi.ko
> >>>  4    1 0xc4a2e000 4000     logo_saver.ko
> >>>  5    1 0xc5884000 10000    ext2fs.ko
> >>> root at inferna:~ # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad0s8 /mnt/
> >>> root at inferna:~ # ls /mnt
> >>> ls: /mnt: Bad file descriptor
> >>> root at inferna:~ # cd /mnt
> >>> /mnt: Not a directory.
> >>> root at inferna:~ # umount /mnt
> >>> root at inferna:~ # cd /mnt
> >>> root at inferna:/mnt # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad0s8 .
> >>> root at inferna:/mnt # ls
> >>> ls: .: Not a directory
> >>> root at inferna:/mnt # cd ~
> >>> root at inferna:~ # umount /mnt
> >>> root at inferna:~ # file /mnt/
> >>> /mnt/: directory
> >>> root at inferna:~ # cd /mnt
> >>> root at inferna:/mnt # ls
> >>> root at inferna:/mnt #
> >>>
> >>> dmesg says _nothing_
> >>> _Any_ hint will be more than welcome :)
> >>
> >> What does /var/log/messages say when you run mount -t ext2fs?
> >
> > Hi Ryan!
> > And thanks for your help :)
> >
> > Unfortunately, just as much as dmesg, /var/log/messages says nothing :s
> > Look:
> >
> > root at inferna:~ # date
> > Sat Jul  5 00:39:39 ART 2008
> > root at inferna:~ # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad0s8 /mnt/
> > root at inferna:~ # ls /mnt
> > ls: /mnt: Bad file descriptor
> > root at inferna:~ # cd /mnt
> > /mnt: Not a directory.
> > root at inferna:~ # cat /var/log/messages | tail -5
> > Jul  4 20:21:13 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp2
> > Jul  4 20:38:34 inferna kernel: linux: pid 8503 (doom.x86): ioctl fd=17,
> > cmd=0x5801 ('X',1) is not implemented
> > Jul  4 20:47:28 inferna kernel: pid 8511 (doom.x86), uid 1001: exited on
> > signal 11
> > Jul  4 23:54:48 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp3
> > Jul  5 00:38:24 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp2
> > root at inferna:~ # umount /mnt
> > root at inferna:~ # cat /var/log/messages | tail -5
> > Jul  4 20:21:13 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp2
> > Jul  4 20:38:34 inferna kernel: linux: pid 8503 (doom.x86): ioctl fd=17,
> > cmd=0x5801 ('X',1) is not implemented
> > Jul  4 20:47:28 inferna kernel: pid 8511 (doom.x86), uid 1001: exited on
> > signal 11
> > Jul  4 23:54:48 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp3
> > Jul  5 00:38:24 inferna su: gonzalo to root on /dev/ttyp2
> > root at inferna:~ #
> >
> > Have you, by any chance, tried and suceded at mounting ext2fs on FBSD7?
> > If you did, at least I'd know that it _is_ possible :s
> >
> > Thanks  :)
>
> No, I thought maybe there was something there I could help with.... I
> haven't used ext/ext2/ext3 since I dumped RHL in 2003.

Sure, i understand ...
Thanks for your help anyways :)

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Blessings
Gonzalo Nemmi