Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On 2003-01-23 19:18, Doug Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 00:12:40 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2003-01-22 16:52, Doug Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >>> >Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does >>> >not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount >>> >-t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was >>> >missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some >>> >oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing >>> >as well. >>> >>> afaik: >>> >>> [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a >>> FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 >>> 20:21:37 EST 2003 >>> >>> [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos >>> usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] >>>[-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir >>> >>> and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. >> >>Strange. This has been changed a while ago: >>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 >> >>and the only mount_msdos binary that I have in my system is a rather >>stale copy from Oct 9 2002 (boy, I need to clean up this installation >>one of these days): > > seems so. is there any automated way to prune the old stuff? I don't know of any automated way. The best way I can think of is to use a spare partition that has enough space for installing the base system, which is mounted under /mnt, and used as a temporary root filesystem while the real /, /var, /usr or any other filesystems are cleaned up. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 01:42:47 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2003-01-23 00:12, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Strange. This has been changed a while ago: >> >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 >> >> and the only mount_msdos binary that I have in my system is a rather >> stale copy from Oct 9 2002 (boy, I need to clean up this installation >> one of these days): >> >> giorgos@gothmog[00:11]/home/giorgos$ ls -lT /sbin/mount_msdos* >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 183776 Oct 9 15:45:24 2002 /sbin/mount_msdos >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 378172 Jan 22 18:47:00 2003 /sbin/mount_msdosfs > >Which was the date that I installed a 4.4-RELEASE copy and tried to >upgrade using the source to 5.0-CURRENT. Sorry for forgetting to >mention that. Reading the commit log reference above and the date of >the binary someone could have thought that somehow mount_msdos was >still there in Oct 19 2002 in the 5.X branch. It wasn't... kinda weird though, the date on my file was Dec 24 2002, the date of my last 4.7-STABLE buildworld.. hmmm --- doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 00:12:40 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2003-01-22 16:52, Doug Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >> >Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does >> >not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount >> >-t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was >> >missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some >> >oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing >> >as well. >> >> afaik: >> >> [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a >> FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 >> 20:21:37 EST 2003 >> >> [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos >> usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] >>[-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir >> >> and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. > >Strange. This has been changed a while ago: >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 > >and the only mount_msdos binary that I have in my system is a rather >stale copy from Oct 9 2002 (boy, I need to clean up this installation >one of these days): seems so. is there any automated way to prune the old stuff? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:12:30 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >Doug Reynolds wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >> >> >>>Not a critical question, but ... >>> >>>Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does >>>not have a mount_msdos command. >>>It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, >>>but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why >>>it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, >>>as the man page is missing as well. >>> >>>Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a >>>mistake. >> >> >> afaik: >> >> [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a >> FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 >> 20:21:37 EST 2003 >> >> [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos >> usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] >>[-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir >> >> and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. > >Hmmm ... did you upgrade this machine from 4.X? The machine in question >is a clean 5.0-RELEASE install. yes, more reseach shows that: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 184776 Dec 24 12:05 mount_msdos* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 394716 Jan 20 19:26 mount_msdosfs* seems that mount_msdosfs has replaced mount_msdos --- doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 04:52:16PM -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > >Not a critical question, but ... > > > >Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does > >not have a mount_msdos command. > >It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, > >but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why > >it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, > >as the man page is missing as well. > > > >Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a > >mistake. > > afaik: > > [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a > FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 > 20:21:37 EST 2003 > > [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos > usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] >[-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir > > and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. You have stale binaries lying around. > which mount_msdos mount_msdos: Command not found. > which mount_msdosfs /sbin/mount_msdosfs The mount_* utilities were renamed to be named consistently. Kris msg16408/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On 2003-01-23 00:12, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strange. This has been changed a while ago: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 > > and the only mount_msdos binary that I have in my system is a rather > stale copy from Oct 9 2002 (boy, I need to clean up this installation > one of these days): > > giorgos@gothmog[00:11]/home/giorgos$ ls -lT /sbin/mount_msdos* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 183776 Oct 9 15:45:24 2002 /sbin/mount_msdos > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 378172 Jan 22 18:47:00 2003 /sbin/mount_msdosfs Which was the date that I installed a 4.4-RELEASE copy and tried to upgrade using the source to 5.0-CURRENT. Sorry for forgetting to mention that. Reading the commit log reference above and the date of the binary someone could have thought that somehow mount_msdos was still there in Oct 19 2002 in the 5.X branch. It wasn't... To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On 2003-01-22 16:52, Doug Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > >Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does > >not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount > >-t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was > >missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some > >oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing > >as well. > > afaik: > > [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a > FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 > 20:21:37 EST 2003 > > [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos > usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] >[-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir > > and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. Strange. This has been changed a while ago: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 and the only mount_msdos binary that I have in my system is a rather stale copy from Oct 9 2002 (boy, I need to clean up this installation one of these days): giorgos@gothmog[00:11]/home/giorgos$ ls -lT /sbin/mount_msdos* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 183776 Oct 9 15:45:24 2002 /sbin/mount_msdos -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 378172 Jan 22 18:47:00 2003 /sbin/mount_msdosfs To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
Doug Reynolds wrote: On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: Not a critical question, but ... Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing as well. Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a mistake. afaik: [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 20:21:37 EST 2003 [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] [-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. Hmmm ... did you upgrade this machine from 4.X? The machine in question is a clean 5.0-RELEASE install. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:21:08 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >Not a critical question, but ... > >Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does >not have a mount_msdos command. >It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, >but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why >it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, >as the man page is missing as well. > >Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a >mistake. afaik: [root@/usr/bin]>uname -a FreeBSD ## 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #30: Mon Jan 20 20:21:37 EST 2003 [root@/usr/bin]>mount_msdos usage: mount_msdos [-o options] [-u user] [-g group] [-m mask] [-s] [-l] [-9] [-L locale] [-W table] bdev dir and man mount_msdos brings up the manpage. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jan 22), Bill Moran said: Not a critical question, but ... Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing as well. Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a mistake. It's been mount_msdosfs since: /usr/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefile revision 1.18 date: 2001/06/01 10:57:26; author: ru; state: Exp; lines: +4 -4 I see. Although I don't understand why it still isn't called mount_fat, but that's just me ;) Thanks for the reply. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
In the last episode (Jan 22), Bill Moran said: > Not a critical question, but ... > > Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does > not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t > msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was > missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some > oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing as > well. > > Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a > mistake. It's been mount_msdosfs since: /usr/src/sbin/mount_msdosfs/Makefilerevision 1.18 date: 2001/06/01 10:57:26; author: ru; state: Exp; lines: +4 -4 - VFS_SET(msdos) -> VFS_SET(msdosfs) - msdos.ko -> msdosfs.ko - mount_msdos(8) -> mount_msdosfs(8) - "msdos" -> "msdosfs" compatibility glue in mount(8) -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
5.0-RELEASE and mount_msdos
Not a critical question, but ... Working on my spiffy test machine, I noticed that 5.0-RELEASE does not have a mount_msdos command. It's no biggie, I just used 'mount -t msdos' and got what I wanted, but I was wondering why this was missing? Is there a reason why it was removed, or is it some oversight? I doubt it's an oversight, as the man page is missing as well. Mostly curious, but I thought I'd point it out in case it was a mistake. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
