Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:49:45 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Joe Demeny <jd1987@borozo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to recover data from FreeBSD 4.11 system Message-ID: <20080214224945.GA82786@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200802141555.42818.jd1987@borozo.com> References: <200802140108.35844.jd1987@borozo.com> <200802141541.06233.jd1987@borozo.com> <47B4A896.4060603@tundraware.com> <200802141555.42818.jd1987@borozo.com>
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--OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:55:42PM -0500, Joe Demeny wrote: > Actually, I can now mount my old 4.x boot drive cleanly when I hook up th= is=20 > drive in a 6.2 machine. >=20 > However, I think I need to get the old boot drive to be able to boot, so = I=20 > could then get to my other old drives, which are Vinum RAID-1. >=20 > I don't know if and how could I mount 4.x Vinum partitions under 6.2... Have you tried gvinum(8)? Try loading geom_vinum.ko and see if any devices appear in /dev/gvinum. IIRC, the on-disk metadata hasn't changed between vinum and gvinum. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHtMWJEnfvsMMhpyURAhucAJ4ofduDYq4ncsX9G2y03TAtU6DVewCeLdBg vCf3r3rE+eFyBMAevbdJaVk= =U5Hb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--
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