CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?

CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?

[Per von Zweigbergk]

Just installed Linux 2.6.8.1 on this system in order to access some
FreeBSD 5.1 partitions (I'm in process of migrating this particular
machine) -- but it seems it can't read BSD disklabels -- so only my root
partition is accessible. (The rest are in slices.)

Older kernel versions had a CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL option, which was 
configurable via menuconfig etcetera, but 2.6.8.1 doesn't seem to have it 
in menuconfig.

Though it does exist in the code, I've seen a few #ifdefs here and there 
to that effect.

I wanted to try compiling it in manually, but what I tried to do, (edit 
the .config file) greeted me with a warning that I should not edit the 
file manually, since it is automatically generated.

So, what's up here? Is the code likely to work? And if so, why is it not 
accessible through the configuration tools? And is it safe just to edit 
.config to compile it in?

At worst I can just boot back into the older version of Linux I have and 
copy the partitions to files, and mount them with the loopback device, but 
that seems to be rather suboptimal, although I do have the disk space to 
be able to pull that off.

-- 
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@e.kth.se>

Re: CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?

[David S. Miller]

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:03:42 +0200 (CEST)
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@e.kth.se> wrote:

> Older kernel versions had a CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL option, which was 
> configurable via menuconfig etcetera, but 2.6.8.1 doesn't seem to have it 
> in menuconfig.

Enable CONDIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED and CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION,
this will enable selection of CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL.

Re: CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL not in 2.6.8.1?

[Per von Zweigbergk]

2004-09-03 kl. 00.22 skrev David S. Miller:

> Enable CONDIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED and CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION,
> this will enable selection of CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL.

Okay, I'll try that. Is this documented somewhere?