mount_ext2fs returning ENODEV on 6.1

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 02:07:56PM -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote:
> > > # ll /dev/ad0s7
> > > crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  93 Sep  4 02:30 /dev/ad0s7
> > > # file -s /dev/ad0s7
> > > /dev/ad0s7: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data
> > > # grep -w ad0s7 /etc/fstab
> > > /dev/ad0s7      /linux          ext2fs  ro              0       0
> > > # ll -d /linux
> > > drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Aug 24 12:09 /linux
> > > # mount /linux
> > > mount_ext2fs: /dev/ad0s7: Operation not supported by device
> > 
> > No ext2fs support in your kernel?
> 
> I had not thought that was the problem, since according to
> something in the docs or manpages -- which I now cannot locate
> -- missing kernel support should have resulted in a different
> message.  How would I check, to be sure?  I am using the kernel
> from the installation CD, not one I have built:

Then you don't have kernel support, since it's not enabled by default
(the ext2 code is under the GPL and cannot be distributed in a
BSD-licensed kernel).  Recompile your kernel or load the module per
the handbook.

Kris
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