Xenix FS under Linux
Warren Holybee
I have a HD with Xenix installed and running on it. When it boots it
reports "sys v release 2.3.3 kid 5.28" Im not familiar with xenix and
don't know how current it is.
I need to access this drive from a Linux system, which is supposed to be
able to access Xenix(sysv) filesystems. The drive is physically
installed, the bios reconizes it, as does linux fdisk with a single
/dev/hdb4 partition. (no I did not change anything in fdisk just checked
if the system reconized the drive and q) When I try to mount the fs:
mount -tsysv /dev/hdb4 /mnt
The system reports:
VFS: unable to read Xenix/SystemVCoherent superblock on device 03:44
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb4.
or to many mounted file systems.
Any ideas? Does this version of Xenix not use a sysv filesystem? Or am I
doing something else wrong?
Thanks for the help, Warren
Logan Klenner
Warren Holybee (w...@sonic.net) wrote:
==>Any ideas? Does this version of Xenix not use a sysv filesystem? Or am I
==>doing something else wrong?
==>Thanks for the help, Warren
Does your kernel support a xenix or sysv filesystem?
If not, try compiling it in.
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Max F Lang
Warren Holybee wrote:
> The system reports:
> VFS: unable to read Xenix/SystemVCoherent superblock on device 03:44
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb4.
> or to many mounted file systems.
>
As a first thought, do you have the sysv fs driver compiled into the
kernel, or have the sysv fs module going? I also have v2.3.2, and after
compiling in driver, have had no trouble with floppies or smaller hard
drives. Faintly I also seem to remember something about the large
cylinder problem.
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