Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:51:57 -0900 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering data from this disk Message-ID: <20091204185157.GA4904@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <C73E8305.144A5%fsb@thefsb.org> References: <C73E8305.144A5%fsb@thefsb.org>
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On Fri, 04 Dec 2009, Tom Worster wrote: > any suggestions how to recover data from either of the mirrored disks that i > can't get to boot? the situation is described below. If they were indeed mirrored then try a FreeBSD live distro boot CD and boot into that then just mount one of the disk partitions that you need. Henrik > > (i'm assuming, given the silence on this, that making the system work after > the freebsd-update is a lost cause.) > > > On 12/3/09 11:14 AM, "Tom Worster" <fsb@thefsb.org> wrote: > > > after running freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade my system won't boot. it > > gets stuck on mountroot and i can't find the magic word it wants. > > > > the system used to have two sata drives /dev/ad4 and ad6. they were > > partitioned and sliced using the deafaults that sysinstall suggested. > > > > at the boot prompt, lsdev says: > > > > disk devices > > disk0: BIOS drive C: > > disk0s1a: FFS > > disk0s1b: swap > > disk0s1d: FFS > > disk0s1e: FFS > > disk0s1f: FFS > > disk1: BIOS drive D: > > disk1s1a: FFS > > disk1s1b: swap > > disk1s1d: FFS > > disk1s1e: FFS > > disk1s1f: FFS > > > > which looks right, although i'm not familiar with the "disk" nomenclature. > > > > entering ? at mountroot mentions ad4 and ad6. > > > > geom_mirror was being used. > > > > i've tried saying "load geom_mirror" and/or "enable-module geom_mirror" at the > > boot prompt. neither made any difference. > > > > nothing i've said to mountroot works: > > > > ufs:/dev/ad4s1a > > ufs:/dev/ad6s1a > > ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a > > ufs:/dev/disk0s1a > > ufs:/dev/disk1s1a > > > > does anyone know the magic word? i'd be very grateful. > > > > tom > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net ----------------------------------------- "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF
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