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Re: EFS filesystem/serial



Hi,

On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:39:12AM -0800, bum beep wrote:
> 
> 1. Does linux kernel support the SGI efs filesystem so
> that I can delete(at the very least read) the
> /etc/passwd file?

Read-only.  You can read the file but not delete it.

> 2. the SGI has an 8-pin serial port. How can I make it
> compatible with the PCS 9-pin serial port?

Another reply links to a pinout -- I just wanted to mention that I think
this is the same pinout that Macintosh computers use, so you could
perhaps buy a cable on Ebay reasonably cheap.

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>



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