* CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?
@ 2004-09-02 22:03 Per von Zweigbergk
2004-09-02 22:22 ` David S. Miller
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From: Per von Zweigbergk @ 2004-09-02 22:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Just installed Linux 2.6.8.1 on this system in order to access some
FreeBSD 5.1 partitions (I'm in process of migrating this particular
machine) -- but it seems it can't read BSD disklabels -- so only my root
partition is accessible. (The rest are in slices.)
Older kernel versions had a CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL option, which was
configurable via menuconfig etcetera, but 2.6.8.1 doesn't seem to have it
in menuconfig.
Though it does exist in the code, I've seen a few #ifdefs here and there
to that effect.
I wanted to try compiling it in manually, but what I tried to do, (edit
the .config file) greeted me with a warning that I should not edit the
file manually, since it is automatically generated.
So, what's up here? Is the code likely to work? And if so, why is it not
accessible through the configuration tools? And is it safe just to edit
.config to compile it in?
At worst I can just boot back into the older version of Linux I have and
copy the partitions to files, and mount them with the loopback device, but
that seems to be rather suboptimal, although I do have the disk space to
be able to pull that off.
--
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@e.kth.se>
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* Re: CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?
2004-09-02 22:03 CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1? Per von Zweigbergk
@ 2004-09-02 22:22 ` David S. Miller
2004-09-02 23:08 ` Per von Zweigbergk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2004-09-02 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Per von Zweigbergk; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:03:42 +0200 (CEST)
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@e.kth.se> wrote:
> Older kernel versions had a CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL option, which was
> configurable via menuconfig etcetera, but 2.6.8.1 doesn't seem to have it
> in menuconfig.
Enable CONDIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED and CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION,
this will enable selection of CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL.
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* Re: CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?
2004-09-02 22:22 ` David S. Miller
@ 2004-09-02 23:08 ` Per von Zweigbergk
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From: Per von Zweigbergk @ 2004-09-02 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller; +Cc: linux-kernel
2004-09-03 kl. 00.22 skrev David S. Miller:
> Enable CONDIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED and CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION,
> this will enable selection of CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL.
Okay, I'll try that. Is this documented somewhere?
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