On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 08:20:30PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote: > Linux/mips uses ext2 - Ext2 is per definition little endian and all > big endian targets use byteswap mechanisms (All but very old Linux/m68k > systems). So - yes - you can read i386 written ext2 on mips machines. > > With the partition type - I guess all architectures are able to read > dos partition tables allthough they might not be the default (On SGI > we mostly use IRIX style partition tables) All true, though the more standard way to get software onto your system is using network booting and nfsroot. Then you can create partition tables and filesystems locally, then copy or install appropriate software from the nfsroot onto local disk. -- Keith M Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org> http://foobazco.org/~wesolows ------(( Project Foobazco Coordinator and Network Administrator ))------ "Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss put in an honest day's work." -- The fortune file
