ah...so that's my problem. I'll have to find a freebsd box to get an account on so I can finish these disks. On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:01:24AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help: > > UFS file system support (read-only) > CONFIG_UFS_FS > BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, > OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V > Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using > this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from > these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the > experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the > file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information. > > If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the > network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but > you need NFS file system support obviously). > > Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a > good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes > (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man > tar" or preferably "info tar"). > > When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the > NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program > recode ("info recode") for this purpose. > > If you want to compile the UFS file system support as a module ( = > code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel > whenever you want), say M here and read > <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called ufs.o. > > If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N. > > UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS) > CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE > Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is > experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand. > > Greg > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:52:20AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > Hi all. I'm trying to mount the kern.flp freebsd install disk so I can > > modify it for installation using serial terminal. > > what fs should I mount this as? bc it mounts it as ufs but I cant right > > to it even though it says it's rw. > > > > -- > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > back. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.