Mounting FreeBSD UFS in Linux

Command-line examples of usage:

  • mount -r -t ufs -o ufstype=5xbsd /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5
  • mount -r -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd /dev/hdd5 /mnt/hdd5

Pages for Reference:

How to access BSD filesystems under Linux
http://freeunix.dyndns.org:8088/site2/howto/BSDfs.shtml
Mount FreeBSD partition in Linux
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=191184

The above is useful when using Linux to migrate or recover data from FreeBSD and other BSD-based computer operating systems.

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