Re: Accessing FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE filesystems from4.0-STABLE...

2000-03-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:13 AM -0800 2000/3/27, Julian Elischer wrote: > in a 4.0 kernel, teh block device doesn't exist, you always use the > character device, > so it was renamed so that /dev/da0s1a is teh name for the char device > but if you are using a device on a 3.4 disk it refers toi the block device >

Re: Accessing FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE filesystems from4.0-STABLE...

2000-03-27 Thread Julian Elischer
in a 4.0 kernel, teh block device doesn't exist, you always use the character device, so it was renamed so that /dev/da0s1a is teh name for the char device but if you are using a device on a 3.4 disk it refers toi the block device (which isn't in a 4.0 kernel) On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles

Re: Accessing FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE filesystems from4.0-STABLE...

2000-03-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 7:33 PM -0800 2000/3/25, Doug Barton wrote: > 'fsck -y /dev/da0s1a' I had tried that already, but I'll do it again and let you see what happens: $ fsck -y /dev/da0s1a Can't open /dev/da0s1a: Invalid argument -- These are my opinions -- not t

Re: Accessing FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE filesystems from4.0-STABLE...

2000-03-25 Thread Doug Barton
Brad Knowles wrote: > When I try to mount my 3.4-STABLE root filesystem on /old, here's > what I get: > > $ mount /old > mount: /dev/da0s1a on /old: incorrect super block 'fsck -y /dev/da0s1a' -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dream

Re: Accessing FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE filesystems from4.0-STABLE...

2000-03-25 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:18 AM +1000 2000/3/26, Tony Maher wrote: > No, sd is deprecated. > AFAIK its da only in 4.0, and only character devices. > 3.4 has sd compatability and has block devices. Hmm. Okay, well I note that what's being used right now is da1s1a through da1s1h, and I had copied these e