Re: linux && ultrix

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@adelphia.net)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:58:46 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Peter Svensson wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Victor Stanescu wrote:
>
> > is there any support for ultrix filesystem in linux? i have an old ide
> > disk from a dead dec station and i would like to read it from linux, if
> > possible.
>
> I think they use a normal bsd ufs filesystem. Have a look at the
> CONFIG_UFS_FS, CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL, CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL kernel
> configuration options. There is the possibility of endianess problems, I
> have not tried it myself.

As of the most recent round of UFS fixes, I am able to mount and read an
Ultrix distribution CD. So, it's nominally working.

Steve

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