From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Feb 23 06:25:35 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECAAF16A422;
	Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:25:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vd@datamax.bg)
Received: from jengal.datamax.bg (jengal.datamax.bg [82.103.104.21])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B44DB43D55;
	Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:25:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vd@datamax.bg)
Received: from qlovarnika.bg.datamax (qlovarnika.bg.datamax [192.168.10.2])
	by jengal.datamax.bg (Postfix) with SMTP id 74F86B857;
	Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:25:29 +0200 (EET)
Received: (nullmailer pid 58229 invoked by uid 1002);
	Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:25:29 -0000
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:25:29 +0200
From: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Message-ID: <20060223062529.GA58178@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
References: <015701c63828$7af60a70$0200a8c0@satellite>
	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0602230336090.30386@pop.ict1.everquick.net>
	<018701c6382c$7e159d20$0200a8c0@satellite>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <018701c6382c$7e159d20$0200a8c0@satellite>
X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11
Cc: "Edward B. DREGER" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>,
	freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: urgent, need to recover superblock!
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: vd@FreeBSD.org
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:25:36 -0000

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 10:51:56PM -0500, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    Thank you for your reply. How would i go about doing this copy so i 
> could use a vnode on it? As i think i mentioned dump didn't like it. One 
> other thing i can mount the ad1a, ad1d, ad1f, and ad1g partitions just 
> fine, it's the ad1e partition only that is giving me the grief and that's 
> the one i need!
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 

dd if=/dev/ad1 of=file bs=1m
mdconfig -a -t vnode -f file
mdX gets outputed, then you can play with /dev/mdX using ffsrecov

- -- 
Vasil Dimov
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

iD8DBQFD/VVZFw6SP/bBpCARAm09AJ4gH4WvWfxByAajQHqwU8pquzWNsgCgrywt
ObFZt9EqNqZifqOH9PelEU4=
=FDql
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----