Hi
I get that Minix can't mount cd images that wasn't created using the
right file system. I want to transfer files between my Minix and Linux
systems, by creating an image of the files in Linux and mount them in
Minix. I've tried with mkisofs without any real success. So how can I
create mountable cd images of directories in linux that Minix can use?

thanks
Dan Lavigne

On August 27, 2008 16:11, in comp.os.minix, frame (almostovernow@gmail.com)
wrote:

> Hi
> I get that Minix can't mount cd images that wasn't created using the
> right file system. I want to transfer files between my Minix and Linux
> systems, by creating an image of the files in Linux and mount them in
> Minix. I've tried with mkisofs without any real success. So how can I
> create mountable cd images of directories in linux that Minix can use?

Why not format a partition, or other mountable media, with the Minix fs, and
use that? Linux supports "minix" as a mountable filesystem type, and (of
course) Minix does as well.

--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------

frame escreveu:

> I get that Minix can't mount cd images that wasn't created using the
> right file system. I want to transfer files between my Minix and Linux
> systems, by creating an image of the files in Linux and mount them in
> Minix. I've tried with mkisofs without any real success. So how can I
> create mountable cd images of directories in linux that Minix can use?

I think your best chanches are:
- tar the files together in Linux, write the tar to free partition you have
and untar it under Minix.
- mkdosfs one free partition you have, copy the ffiles there normally, then
go to Minix, install mtools, configure it to call your partition by a drive
letter (in /etc/mtools.conf), and write "mdir l:" (where l: is the drive
letter you chose)

--
João Jerónimo

"Computer are composed of software, hardware, and other stuff terminated
in "ware", like firmware, tupperware, (...)" - by JJ.

> I get that Minix can't mount cd images that wasn't created using the
> right file system. I want to transfer files between my Minix and Linux
> systems, by creating an image of the files in Linux and mount them in
> Minix. I've tried with mkisofs without any real success. So how can I
> create mountable cd images of directories in linux that Minix can use?

In addition to the suggestions by Lew and João, you can also use the
isodir/isoread utilities to use ISO CD-ROMs and dosdir/dosread/doswrite
to use FAT partitions, even though you cannot mount them. To transfer
multiple files at ones you can use a TAR file stored on such a
partition; this may be more convenient than writing the TAR file to a
partition instead of the file system.

Also note that you can use FTP to transfer files between Minix and
other computers (obviously this will not help for other operating
systems on a multiboot system). Minix has both a client and a server.

--
With kind regards,
Erik van der Kouwe

On Aug 28, 12:07*am, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
> Why not format apartition, or other mountable media, with the Minix fs, and
> use that? Linux supports "minix" as a mountable filesystem type, and (of
> course) Minix does as well.
>
> --
> Lew Pitcher
>
> Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/* | GPG public key available by request
> ---------- * * *Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. * * * * *------

Thanks for your answers!
I partitioned a usb stick with the Minix fs, mounted it to a regular
folder in Linux and shared it in Vmware running Minix. Further I tried
to find it using "part" hoping that Minix would recognize the shared
folder as a regular partition, but I haven't found it. How do I mount
it in Minix?

frame wrote:
> Thanks for your answers!
> I partitioned a usb stick with the Minix fs, mounted it to a regular
> folder in Linux and shared it in Vmware running Minix. Further I tried
> to find it using "part" hoping that Minix would recognize the shared
> folder as a regular partition, but I haven't found it. How do I mount
> it in Minix?

What does "sharing in VMWare" imply? If it is presented as an IDE device,
it should be something like /dev/cxdypz, where x is the controller number
(0 for the first one), y is the disk number on that controller and z the
partitition on that disk.

Regards,

Jens

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-- Stewart Dean

In article ,
frame wrote:
>Hi
>I get that Minix can't mount cd images that wasn't created using the
>right file system. I want to transfer files between my Minix and Linux
>systems, by creating an image of the files in Linux and mount them in
>Minix. I've tried with mkisofs without any real success. So how can I
>create mountable cd images of directories in linux that Minix can use?

If you created the filesystem on Linux using the defective mkisofs clone from
Debian, get the real software from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/

If minux does not support ISO-9660, you better use tar, see

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/

for a portable POSIX tar.

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