Re: mounting UFS CD-ROMs

2010-08-04 Thread Noah Pratt
I tried `dd conv=swab`, and it's not that easy. I gather it's only the metadata within the filesystem that's affected, so swapping the whole thing leaves you with garbage. Afterwards, `file` saw it as "data", where before it at least knew it was a filesystem. On 8/4/10, xSAPPYx wrote: > You coul

Re: mounting UFS CD-ROMs

2010-08-04 Thread xSAPPYx
You could try the conv=swab option to dd dd if=/dev/acd0 of=5853-5864.iso conv=swab On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 18:04, Noah Pratt wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Michael Powell wrote: >> Noah Pratt wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a whole bunch of UFS CD-ROMs, but I'm unable to mount them o

Re: mounting UFS CD-ROMs

2010-08-04 Thread Noah Pratt
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Michael Powell wrote: > Noah Pratt wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a whole bunch of UFS CD-ROMs, but I'm unable to mount them on >> my FreeBSD 8 system. >> I thought it would be possible. From the FAQ: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html >> >>     UFS

Re: mounting UFS CD-ROMs

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Powell
Noah Pratt wrote: > Hi, > > I have a whole bunch of UFS CD-ROMs, but I'm unable to mount them on > my FreeBSD 8 system. > I thought it would be possible. From the FAQ: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html > > UFS CD-ROMs can be mounted directly on FreeBSD. Mounting disk > par

mounting UFS CD-ROMs

2010-08-03 Thread Noah Pratt
Hi, I have a whole bunch of UFS CD-ROMs, but I'm unable to mount them on my FreeBSD 8 system. I thought it would be possible. From the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html UFS CD-ROMs can be mounted directly on FreeBSD. Mounting disk partitions from Digital UNIX and other s