On 02 Jul 2018 19:30:19 +0100 (BST),
Theo , in
 wrote:
>  I R A Darth Aggie  wrote:
> > You'll have to build the ufs kernel module. You need to either build a
> > complete custom kernel, or have to use the DKMS framework to assist
> > you. You can not mount a UFS volume until then.
>
>  I've had some limited success with ufs-fuse:
>  https://github.com/mkatiyar/fuse-ufs2

I saw that. I also saw that it's 5 years old and thought it was
abandonware. That it gives you some success is a tribute to the
programmer.

>  However, one thing to understand is that UFS is not a standardised format.
>  Every Unix has their own slightly different version, and the on-disc format
>  is not the same across architectures: I tried and failed to read a UFS
>  partition created by 64-bit big-endian MIPS on a 64-bit little-endian Intel
>  machine.

Because of course. I try not to remember those not-so-good old days,
when endian-ness and what flavor of unix you were running mattered.

Sometimes, a lot.

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