[ydl-gen] prob mounting an external fw ext2 partition

[Une bévue]

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:08:31 -0500
Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:


> 
> http://babelfish.altavista.com
> 

regarding the error messages, that's "so-so' ;-)
type de système de fichiers erroné :
type of erroneous filing system (babelfish)

better, in my opinion :
erroneous type of file system

> Ok.  Now that is out of the way.  There are two links I hope you will 
> consider reviewing which discuss in detail the differences (complete 
> with reference links) between the BSD version of pdisk, the Linux 
> version of pdisk and Apple's Disk Utility/Partition program.  The 
> nuances are important.  The references in these pages may explain some 
> of the errors you are seeing and clarify further limitations in using 
> one tool versus another for partitioning purposes.
> 
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/partitioning.html
> 
> http://www.hmug.org/man/8/pdisk.php
> 
> The installation guide for YDL 4.0 discussing partitioning is found 
> here:
> 
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/
> 
> (snip)

in fact the firewire disk i'm using as three partitions :
hfs+ clone of internal MacOS X partition
fat32 for file exchange between MacOS X and linux
ext3 some kind of temporary backup (/home) to let me try out differnt linux distro

> 
> (snip)

for sure, i'm using for *** real *** backups cd/dvd.

thanks a lot for your long answer.

best

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