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.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/ext2fs.5 294627 2016-01-23 12:25:24Z trasz $
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.Dd January 23, 2016
.Dt EXT2FS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ext2fs
.Nd "ext2/ext3/ext4 file system"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To link into the kernel:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "options EXT2FS"
.Ed
.Pp
To load as a kernel loadable module:
.Pp
.Dl "kldload ext2fs"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver will permit the
.Fx
kernel to access
.Tn ext2 ,
.Tn ext3 ,
and
.Tn ext4
file systems.
The
.Tn ext4
support is read-only.
.Sh EXAMPLES
To mount a
.Nm
volume located on
.Pa /dev/ada1s1 :
.Pp
.Dl "mount -t ext2fs /dev/ada1s1 /mnt"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nmount 2 ,
.Xr unmount 2 ,
.Xr fstab 5 ,
.Xr mount 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Fx 2.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
kernel implementation was written by
.An Godmar Back
or modified by him using the CSRG sources.
.Pp
.An John Dyson
and others in the
.Fx
Project made modifications.
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Craig Rodrigues Aq Mt rodrigc@FreeBSD.org .