From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 2 05:28:12 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 BAEB8106564A for ; Sat, 2 May 2009 05:28:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 706358FC1F for ; Sat, 2 May 2009 05:28:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from till.plewe@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1708229ywe.13 for ; Fri, 01 May 2009 22:28:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EbB4QzCwqIfvP5ZQ6w/2DAfI+gjrl8ylFswyit32oSE=; b=G4ecUweDQKrevj6gubD/j1jzDndAqnrb3iWQrNIu3Tm8Ll/m75JPH4JhK9PFrWdIUT ORc0dKg1+XxZv/2acLLAPRdDeJBcygcx186uY3A4CXWAeiLSC1HxYFmlgp3AYeKQw4K6 +c/jaUZuouWVrHlErrysXlfFxA3OwFmS6QGRk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xb7GPTXdI65Oigd5RwLcRRbX94jaxU+4THFDA5DPD9bs6xAfN8QVdx5sZf3/NpCUk8 206cJshpNfXPQJGC9LY/yq9+p+xYlLQwBl62lvjZtbgUUo+Q6Ma/eZv/dc7pNd90McGN s2S6ulLGnJn52g/yhBIMBONiPq27ZBhc/dVE4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.11.14 with SMTP id 14mr7614981ank.84.1241242091630; Fri, 01 May 2009 22:28:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090502050319.GB2871@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <8be8566f0905012106ld6509aeh754383d7b4b1c646@mail.gmail.com> <20090502050319.GB2871@rebelion.Sisis.de> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 14:28:11 +0900 Message-ID: <8be8566f0905012228y5aa3589bq4bf41af82a5d7dd7@mail.gmail.com> From: till plewe To: Matthias Apitz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: cannot mount slices of usbdrive 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: Sat, 02 May 2009 05:28:13 -0000 On 5/2/09, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d=C3=ADa Saturday, May 02, 2009 a las 01:06:09PM +0900, till plewe esc= ribi=C3=B3: > >> I have a usbdrive which was used on FreeBSD 6 or 7 but cannot >> be mounted now (on CURRENT with generic kernel). The drive is >> recognized but the individual slices do not seem to exist (see below). > ... > > I have had the same problem: booting CURRENT from an USB key and wanting > to get access to the SSD partitions created with RELENG_7 kernel in the > EeePC. I've found no way to do and labeled the SSD from scratch (had > even to overwrite the 1st blocks with dd(1) to make fdisk(1M) create > partitions there). > > In your case: boot a RELENG_7 rescue CD, mount the usbdrive and backup > the data (via LAN) to some other place. > > matthias > Thanks. That sounds much more reasonable than what I was planning to do. I don't know why I wasn't thinking of the rescue CDs (most likely since I did not have to use them before). I'll give it a try once I find a big enough backup disk. - Till > -- > Matthias Apitz > Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH > Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.= de/ > People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use > FreeBSD. >