Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 06:25:42 -0700 From: chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Thankyou! Re: I'm at a loss for a way to mount this second harddrive Message-ID: <00041306345101.04714@chip.wiegand.org> References: <20000413003045.S4381@fw.wintelcom.net>
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THANKYOU! Running fsck did the trick. The e partition is the one with the data I need. I sure do appreciate your patience, which just about ran out with me. :) I'm trying to get it, honestly. You're right, I should look more closely at what in front of my nose. I have the book The Complete FreeBSD but I don't believe it is this specific about mounting partitions, and all I know is from that book. And it is a good book, maybe a little to sparse on some details, but it a good book for a beginner, like me. Now for my next task - printing. Oh boy, I'll post a new message about that. Maybe you can take a break from me and someone else can help with that one. Heh, heh, you've been a great help, thanks again. Sincerely, -- Chip www.wiegand.org ***** Visit my web site - Alternative Operating Systems - MS Windows isn't the only OS in town. > No, not reading enough of what's under you nose. :) > > I don't want you to go run off, I want to prod you enough so that > you don't just realize _how_ to mount the disks, but also why > you're having the problems you're having. > > I really can't see why you would be running mount on the b and c > partitions: > > only 'a' and 'e' are marked as 4.2BSD, 'b' is obviously marked as > 'swap' (not a filesystem) and if you look closely 'c' is actually > a partition that covers the entire disk. again, only 'a' and 'e' > are real partitions that can host a file system. > > a keen eye for these things can mean the difference between getting > your data and frying it pretty quickly. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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