From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 30 14:03:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A4DE16A417 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kneel.pardoe@virgin.net) Received: from n066.sc1.he.tucows.com (smtpout0165.sc1.he.tucows.com [64.97.136.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0689E13C45D for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kneel.pardoe@virgin.net) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (82.20.24.65) by n066.sc1.he.tucows.com (7.2.069.1) (authenticated as kneel.pardoe) id 46FB9FFA000389E6 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:03:07 +0000 Message-ID: <46FFBA97.3030608@virgin.net> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:02:47 +0000 From: neal User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070915) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <46FC1C65.6060801@virgin.net> <20070927212854.GA18018@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <46FD74A6.7060808@virgin.net> <20070928225203.GA49278@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070928225203.GA49278@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: newby needing help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:03:08 -0000 Hi Roland, thanks for the guidance, you've helped me sort out some confusions too. I shall try later this afternoon to mount my /home ext3 partition, after having another attempt to understand the man page for this command. anyway, your help has been useful and is greatly appreciated. neal.