From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 18:51:59 2009 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 4BC22106566C for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from smtp174.dfw.emailsrvr.com (smtp174.dfw.emailsrvr.com [67.192.241.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9828FC1A for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay7.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay7.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id CBB7DCE4E45 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:51:58 -0500 (EST) Received: by relay7.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: rhavenn-AT-rhavenn.net) with ESMTPSA id B22DACE4DF0 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:51:58 -0500 (EST) Received: by alucard.int.rhavenn.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ABFD311428D; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:51:57 -0900 (AKST) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:51:57 -0900 From: Henrik Hudson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091204185157.GA4904@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: recovering data from this disk 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: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:51:59 -0000 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" 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