Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:58:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:58:23 -0400 Received: from ns1.system-techniques.com ([199.33.245.254]:34177 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:58:09 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:58:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Andreas Dilger cc: Linux Kernel Maillist Subject: Re: Looking for bsd file system tools under linux . In-Reply-To: <20011026144642.V23590@turbolinux.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Andreas , On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Andreas Dilger wrote: > On Oct 26, 2001 14:58 -0400, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > Hello All , I am looking for pointers to bsd file system tools > > for use under Linux . A couple of searchs left me empty . > > I am hoping someone here has a pointer or two . > > What this is for is , I have a disk drive off of a bsd4.2 system > > that may have been used in a penetration of another system . > > The fstab file points at there having been a /var file system but > > when I do a 'fdisk -l' a partition for /var does not exist . Only > > two partitions are there for / & /usr . I am looking for some > > tools to see if the partiton was removed or if 'parted' may have > > been been used to squeese it out . Thank you for any pointers . > > You may need to have BSD partition support enabled in the kernel in order > to access the partition. I would think fdisk would be able to show the > right data in all cases, but I've never used BSD partitions before either. Yes , Been there done that ;-) . All fdisk showed was the two partitions mentioned above . What I am trying to accertain is if the partition has been removed & squashed or just mislayed in a bad entry in the old 2.4.5 kernel I was running . I am at present getting the digging machine upto 2.4.13 . Tia , JimL +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/