From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 22:49:56 2008 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 997CF16A419 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B68013C448 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1EMnjDs079805; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:49:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8C570B8FD; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:49:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:49:45 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Joe Demeny Message-ID: <20080214224945.GA82786@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Demeny , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200802140108.35844.jd1987@borozo.com> <200802141541.06233.jd1987@borozo.com> <47B4A896.4060603@tundraware.com> <200802141555.42818.jd1987@borozo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200802141555.42818.jd1987@borozo.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to recover data from FreeBSD 4.11 system 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: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:49:56 -0000 --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--