HDD formatted in FreeBSD/386 on Win XP

2011-11-26 Thread Pavel Matoušek
Hi, please try me help me with following Problem. My TV Panasonic Viera G20 has an external HDD, formatted in FreeBSD/386 system ( recognized via my standard Notebook with Win XP and SW Partition Magic 8.0. I can see in SW format style and some info about partitions, but nothing more is

Re: HDD formatted in FreeBSD/386 on Win XP

2011-11-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:56:22 +0100, Pavel Matoušek wrote: Exist some SW for Win SW for reading this FreeBSD formatted HDD ? You should ask this question on a Windows related list. :-) But during my data recovery journey, I came across a program that can be used to read UFS formatted disks,

Re: HDD formatted in FreeBSD/386 on Win XP

2011-11-26 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-11-26 20:56, Pavel Matoušek skrev: Exist some SW for Win SW for reading this FreeBSD formatted HDD ? You can try this one, open and free. http://ffsdrv.sourceforge.net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/06/2010 01:49:39, Chad Perrin wrote: What I *do* find to be of value, however, is improving the installation process so that it is clearer what is going on at each step and improving the efficiency of it without damaging its flexibility. I

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-13 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 13 2010 09:24, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/06/2010 01:49:39, Chad Perrin wrote: What I *do* find to be of value, however, is improving the installation process so that it is clearer what is going on at each step and improving the

[sterl...@camdensoftware.com: Re: freebsd - for the win]

2010-06-13 Thread Chip Camden
- Forwarded message from Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com - On Jun 12 2010 18:39, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 01:12:55PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Call me fatalistic, but I think there is a direct relationship between FreeBSD's high quality and it's lack of

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/06/2010 04:33:02, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: I'm working on a project for my client, and I spent the better part of two days trying to get my laptop running OSX to have the right combination of BerkeleyDB and Perl modules to build what I

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 08:06:52AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Absolutely. Especially when you compare it to MacPorts and consider the disparity in numbers of users between MacOS and FreeBSD. Given that the ports is maintained by a bunch of volunteers basically in their spare time, the

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/06/2010 16:38:13, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 08:06:52AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Absolutely. Especially when you compare it to MacPorts and consider the disparity in numbers of users between MacOS and FreeBSD. Given

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Judd
On 6/12/10, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/06/2010 16:38:13, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 08:06:52AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Absolutely. Especially when you compare it to MacPorts and consider the

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 12 2010 13:53, Tim Judd wrote: These market statistics are pointless. The numbers are based on people reporting their OS and usage. A system like Microsoft or Apple can use a unique host id when checking for system updates which can tabulate this data. Linux is possible to do same,

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 12 Jun 2010 at 13:12:55 PDT Chip Camden wrote: Call me fatalistic, but I think there is a direct relationship between FreeBSD's high quality and it's lack of popularity. If it catered to the common herd, its compromises would be many. I think we're straying from the original topic,

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 06:43:19PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 12/06/2010 16:38:13, Chad Perrin wrote: I don't mean to belittle anyone's accomplishments, of course, but I don't find it astonishing at all. FreeBSD's development model is one that encourages people to develop what they

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 01:12:55PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Call me fatalistic, but I think there is a direct relationship between FreeBSD's high quality and it's lack of popularity. If it catered to the common herd, its compromises would be many. I believe there is such a relationship,

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 03:51:32PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: I worked at Microsoft Developer Support in a previous life, beginning at the time that Visual C++ and MFC were first introduced. One of Microsoft's big selling points was what they called wizards -- basically, a set of simple,

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Charlie Kester, Am 2010-06-12 15:51:32, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: I worked at Microsoft Developer Support in a previous life, beginning at the time that Visual C++ and MFC were first introduced. Hahaha, you where Killed by a Microsoft Customer... And when you knoked at the door of

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 12 Jun 2010 at 18:17:22 PDT Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello Charlie Kester, Am 2010-06-12 15:51:32, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: I worked at Microsoft Developer Support in a previous life, beginning at the time that Visual C++ and MFC were first introduced. Hahaha, you where Killed

Re: freebsd - for the win

2010-06-12 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Charlie Kester corky1...@comcast.net wrote: On Sat 12 Jun 2010 at 18:17:22 PDT Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello Charlie Kester, Am 2010-06-12 15:51:32, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: I worked at Microsoft Developer Support in a previous life, beginning at the

freebsd - for the win

2010-06-11 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
I'm working on a project for my client, and I spent the better part of two days trying to get my laptop running OSX to have the right combination of BerkeleyDB and Perl modules to build what I wanted. Turns out my Perl 5.10.1 install was incompatible with BerkeleyDB on OSX, but the macports

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-15 Thread Dominik Meister
Jason W. Morgan [Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:49:15PM -0400]: GRUB menu. It's not difficult, but it does add an extra step. Also, be sure to keep a backup of your modified GRUB config---it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Jason W. Morgan
On 2008.08.11 18:05:10, Jack Raats wrote: I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks for your time

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 11 August 2008, Jason W. Morgan wrote: it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with the default, making FreeBSD once again inaccessible. There is probably a way to prevent this, but I never got around to

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread nicodache
hors configure your kernel-img file correctly : [EMAIL PROTECTED] grep hook /etc/kernel-img.conf postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub just comment out these. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Mike Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 11 August 2008,

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Jason W. Morgan
On 2008.08.14 19:05:22, nicodache wrote: hors configure your kernel-img file correctly : [EMAIL PROTECTED] grep hook /etc/kernel-img.conf postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub just comment out these. Good to know, if I ever use Ubuntu again. Thanks,

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Michel Talon
Jason W Morgan wrote: Also, be sure to keep a backup of your modified GRUB config---it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with the default, making FreeBSD once again inaccessible. There is probably a way to prevent this,

FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Jack Raats
I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks for your time Greeting Jack

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Gould
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Jack Raats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Bruno Schmitt
I recommend installing FreeBSD first, then Windows and then Ubuntu. For reasons that I don't know, WinXP SP3 will become unable to start if you installs FreeBSD after it (It will freeze on the welcome screen). - I don't know if this problem just happened with me or with others people too, but it

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Patrick Lamaizière
Le Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:05:10 +0200, Jack Raats [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use?

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 11 August 2008, Bruno Schmitt wrote: Ubuntu uses GRUB boot manager and as far as I remember it won't recognize FreeBSD partition out of the box, so you will have to add some lines to /boot/grub/menu.lst # For booting FreeBSD title  FreeBSD 5.2 root   (hd0,a) chainloader +1

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Bruno Schmitt
Sorry for not making myself clear... When I said Ubuntu uses GRUB boot manager and as far as I remember it won't recognize FreeBSD partition out of the box I was referring to the GRUB installed by Ubuntu installation which won't come with FreeBSD partition configured. On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread perryh
I recommend installing FreeBSD first, then Windows and then Ubuntu ... Unless something has changed since the last time I was messing with this sort of thing, one hazard of installing a Linux last is that there may by then be no space left for the /boot partition, which has to be below cylinder

Re: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-28 Thread Joel Rees
At 2003-08-27T21:17:47Z, Charles Howse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, what is the answer to your intrepretation of the question? No. In that case, wasn't the pointer to samba the answer to what the OP really wants? (Just being obnoxious.) -- Joel Rees, programmer, Systems Group Altech

Re: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-28 Thread Jez Hancock
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 08:55:12PM +0200, Martin Vana wrote: Hi, is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read/write. You could do worse than ask the author of ext2fs whether he knows of any tools similar to his for UFS (his tool allows you to mount ext2 fs on win): http

Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Martin Vana
Hi, is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read/write. Thank you Martin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read/write. Thank you Martin Samba will let you read and write to UFS in Windows. Sharity-Light will let you read and write to Windows shares in FreeBSD. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-08-27T19:28:45Z, Charles Howse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Samba will let you read and write to UFS in Windows. Um, no. Samba will let you browse a filesystem residing on a FreeBSD server. It will not let you mount the filesystem natively on a local drive. -- Kirk Strauser

RE: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Charles Howse
Samba will let you read and write to UFS in Windows. Um, no. Samba will let you browse a filesystem residing on a FreeBSD server. It will not let you mount the filesystem natively on a local drive. The question was: is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read

Re: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-08-27T20:52:04Z, Charles Howse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The question was: is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read/write. I am almost 100% certain that the real question was: Is there a utility that can mount a FreeBSD UFS partition read/write from

RE: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Charles Howse
The question was: is there any utility that can mount Freebsd UFS under win for read/write. I am almost 100% certain that the real question was: Is there a utility that can mount a FreeBSD UFS partition read/write from a hard drive installed in a Windows box? I have

Re: Freebsd ufs under WIN

2003-08-27 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-08-27T21:17:47Z, Charles Howse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, what is the answer to your intrepretation of the question? No. Also BTW, I said I could *mount* Samba shares, what I should have said is that I can *map* Samba shares to Network drives, sorry. Close enough for guv'mnt