bfs.txt
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- BFS FILESYSTEM FOR LINUX
- ========================
- The BFS filesystem is used by SCO UnixWare OS for the /stand slice, which
- usually contains the kernel image and a few other files required for the
- boot process.
- In order to access /stand partition under Linux you obviously need to
- know the partition number and the kernel must support UnixWare disk slices
- (CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL config option). However BFS support does not
- depend on having UnixWare disklabel support because one can also mount
- BFS filesystem via loopback:
- # losetup /dev/loop0 stand.img
- # mount -t bfs /dev/loop0 /mnt/stand
- where stand.img is a file containing the image of BFS filesystem.
- When you have finished using it and umounted you need to also deallocate
- /dev/loop0 device by:
- # losetup -d /dev/loop0
- You can simplify mounting by just typing:
- # mount -t bfs -o loop stand.img /mnt/stand
- this will allocate the first available loopback device (and load loop.o
- kernel module if necessary) automatically. If the loopback driver is not
- loaded automatically, make sure that your kernel is compiled with kmod
- support (CONFIG_KMOD) enabled. Beware that umount will not
- deallocate /dev/loopN device if /etc/mtab file on your system is a
- symbolic link to /proc/mounts. You will need to do it manually using
- "-d" switch of losetup(8). Read losetup(8) manpage for more info.
- To create the BFS image under UnixWare you need to find out first which
- slice contains it. The command prtvtoc(1M) is your friend:
- # prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0b0t0d0s0
- (assuming your root disk is on target=0, lun=0, bus=0, controller=0). Then you
- look for the slice with tag "STAND", which is usually slice 10. With this
- information you can use dd(1) to create the BFS image:
- # umount /stand
- # dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0b0t0d0sa of=stand.img bs=512
- Just in case, you can verify that you have done the right thing by checking
- the magic number:
- # od -Ad -tx4 stand.img | more
- The first 4 bytes should be 0x1badface.
- If you have any patches, questions or suggestions regarding this BFS
- implementation please contact the author:
- Tigran A. Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>